Trump Admin Targets UK Leadership as Keir Starmer Becomes the New Political Adversary

[Bkk Brian]

6 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Yes, in the update it does. I commented on the original, which was from a  "based on" - what does that actually mean?) - report in the Independent. The update isn't credited, although it appears to be  from the same article I linked to.

 

Oh gawd, read the OP, show me one quote from Trump in it?

 

Anyway, its pretty obvious that Trumps being diplomatic in his latest statement seeing as he's got the not so enviable task of actually having to speak to Starmer on the phone before a trip to the UK..............

[bradiston]

24 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Oh gawd, read the OP, show me one quote from Trump in it?

 

Anyway, its pretty obvious that Trumps being diplomatic in his latest statement seeing as he's got the not so enviable task of actually having to speak to Starmer on the phone before a trip to the UK..............

Qed. Whichever way it comes out the Starmer haters must have their say. So much posted on here by the same crowd, over and over. If Trump wants to talk to Starmer, how is it, except in your ridiculously biased opinion, a "not so enviable task of actually having to speak to Starmer on the phone"? Now you're Trump's spokesperson right? It's a rare day that Trump is diplomatic, for sure.

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, bradiston said:

Qed. Whichever way it comes out the Starmer haters must have their say. So much posted on here by the same crowd, over and over. If Trump wants to talk to Starmer, how is it, except in your ridiculously biased opinion, a "not so enviable task of actually having to speak to Starmer on the phone"? Now you're Trump's spokesperson right? It's a rare day that Trump is diplomatic, for sure.

"If Trump wants to talk to Starmer, how is it, except in your ridiculously biased opinion, a "not so enviable task of actually having to speak to Starmer on the phone"? "

 

LOL, seems you were ducking when the sarcasm flew over your head

[riclag]

5 hours ago, bradiston said:

https://bbc.com/news/articles/cqjvyyn7k99o

 

Not quite what you're reporting.

Based on a report! It leaves a lot of room in the body of the news report, for interpretation & self reflection .

[bradiston]

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

"If Trump wants to talk to Starmer, how is it, except in your ridiculously biased opinion, a "not so enviable task of actually having to speak to Starmer on the phone"? "

 

LOL, seems you were ducking when the sarcasm flew over your head

Sorry, I don't do sarcasm. Irony, yes. I know where your comment was coming from. Simply a snide comment in the face of what could be a refreshing upturn in US/UK relations. But the idea a Labour leader could win praise from DJT? Preposterous, right?

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, bradiston said:

Sorry, I don't do sarcasm. Irony, yes. I know where your comment was coming from. Simply a snide comment in the face of what could be a refreshing upturn in US/UK relations. But the idea a Labour leader could win praise from DJT? Preposterous, right?

Sorry, I don't do sarcasm. 

 

Obviously

[bradiston]

2 minutes ago, riclag said:

Based on a report! It leaves a lot of room in the body of the news report, for interpretation & self reflection .

Hello? That explains nothing about the provenance, the reinterpretation, possibly an AI rewrite. Why not quote the article verbatim, as in the uncredited BBC report?

[bradiston]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Sorry, I don't do sarcasm. 

 

Obviously

The lowest form of wit.

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, bradiston said:

The lowest form of wit.

Yes for those that don't know how to recognize it usually. Do you have anything on topic?

[riclag]

5 hours ago, Kinok Farang said:

I'm a Brit and i know which side i am on here and it's not 2 tier Kier.

Trump and his ilk have created a vacuum ! By harping on the lefts atrocities( censorship ,mass migration, the recent scandal of mass rapes in the UK and their unpopular ratings in country , it further exposes the flawed leadership.

[riclag]

11 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Hello? That explains nothing about the provenance, the reinterpretation, possibly an AI rewrite. Why not quote the article verbatim, as in the uncredited BBC report?

Im in agreement.Im not allowed to discuss it, Forum rules!

I hope you understand!

[bradiston]

8 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Yes for those that don't know how to recognize it usually. Do you have anything on topic?

Yeah. Hail to our great leader the Right Honourable Keir Rodney Starmer, QC, KCB. Long may he annoy the easily triggered.

[spidermike007]

To think this is coming from a man who claims that he cherishes democracy and constitutional law. First Greenland, then the Panama Canal, now the UK.

 

What will his next ambition be King Trump taking over the world? 

 

Trump has already shown his fealty to Xi, by encouraging Rubio to give up on Taiwan. It is likely this clown will soon be dropping the idea of tariffs, in a further show of obedience to Master Xi. 

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, bradiston said:

Yeah. Hail to our great leader the Right Honourable Keir Rodney Starmer, QC, KCB. Long may he annoy the easily triggered.

Yeah. Shame about the the latest polls eh

 

Just 16% of Brits think the country is going in the right direction.

Exclusive Ipsos polling shows optimism about the future of Britain has nosedived since Labour took power.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2005200/new-poll-Keir-Starmer-Labour

[bradiston]

Just now, Bkk Brian said:

Yeah. Shame about the the latest polls eh

 

Just 16% of Brits think the country is going in the right direction.

Exclusive Ipsos polling shows optimism about the future of Britain has nosedived since Labour took power.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2005200/new-poll-Keir-Starmer-Labour

Stay on topic please. And Daily Express? 🤣🤣🤣

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, bradiston said:

Stay on topic please. And Daily Express? 🤣🤣🤣

Its on topic. 

 

Yes an IPOS poll what's funny about it?

[bradiston]

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

Its on topic. 

 

Yes an IPOS poll what's funny about it?

The topic was initially the Trump administration's alleged dislike of Starmer, a feeling matched very closely by the majority of posters here. But it has morphed into Trump's own personal liking for him. Your tossing in poll results about his popularity amongst British voters is not on topic. There are plenty of threads containing such sentiments already. This isn't one of them.

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, bradiston said:

The topic was initially the Trump administration's alleged dislike of Starmer, a feeling matched very closely by the majority of posters here. But it has morphed into Trump's own personal liking for him. Your tossing in poll results about his popularity amongst British voters is not on topic. There are plenty of threads containing such sentiments already. This isn't one of them.

I know what the topic is thanks and his performance according to Trump is very much part of it . Its spiraling by the way, I wonder if Trump knows........

 

 

[bradiston]

4 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I know what the topic is thanks and his performance according to Trump is very much part of it . Its spiraling by the way, I wonder if Trump knows........

 

 

There you go again. Hijacking the thread for attacks on Starmer. Read the BBC report. Trump likes the guy. The topic is not how you feel about him, is it?

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, bradiston said:

There you go again. Hijacking the thread for attacks on Starmer. Read the BBC report. Trump likes the guy. The topic is not how you feel about him, is it?

The topic is not how you feel about him, is it?

 

Nope its not, correct, I did not take part in that poll, I'm in Thailand

 

22 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Just 16% of Brits think the country is going in the right direction.

Exclusive Ipsos polling shows optimism about the future of Britain has nosedived since Labour took power.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2005200/new-poll-Keir-Starmer-Labour

 

[JonnyF]

26 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Yeah. Hail to our great leader the Right Honourable Keir Rodney Starmer, QC, KCB. Long may he annoy the easily triggered.

 

"Rodney"? 😄

 

That explains a lot.

 

[Kinok Farang]

1 hour ago, MalcolmB said:

 

 

Hahahaha,try being a pensioner from Burnley.

[Bkk Brian]

The calm before the storm? After the phone call..............

 

Sources in London describe the call as "very warm" and "very personal". It appears the big picture, and getting to know each other, was the aim, rather than policy detail.

It is, of course, on the policy detail that disagreements loiter.

But for now at least there appears to be an effort on both sides to establish a rapport and for each to size the other up – all ahead of a trip to Washington the prime minister is expected to make in the next handful of weeks.

 

Lets see how Lammy is on another trip to Washington if he's also invited........

[bradiston]

23 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

The calm before the storm? After the phone call..............

 

Sources in London describe the call as "very warm" and "very personal". It appears the big picture, and getting to know each other, was the aim, rather than policy detail.

It is, of course, on the policy detail that disagreements loiter.

But for now at least there appears to be an effort on both sides to establish a rapport and for each to size the other up – all ahead of a trip to Washington the prime minister is expected to make in the next handful of weeks.

 

Lets see how Lammy is on another trip to Washington if he's also invited........

Lammy is also busy walking his previous statements back, as are most of the world's leaders. Trump Mk II certainly seems to be a different kettle of fish from Mk I. It's all very intriguing.

[Bkk Brian]

18 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Lammy is also busy walking his previous statements back, as are most of the world's leaders. Trump Mk II certainly seems to be a different kettle of fish from Mk I. It's all very intriguing.

Lammy didn't have a lot of choice but to walk them back having to go for dinner with him in the US...........lol

 

Lammy called trump “a neo-nazi sociopath” among other expletives

[bradiston]

39 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Lammy didn't have a lot of choice but to walk them back having to go for dinner with him in the US...........lol

 

Lammy called trump “a neo-nazi sociopath” among other expletives

Yeah, very silly coming from a government minister, but he was in opposition when he made those remarks. He wasn't alone in that, either. Trump seems to have mellowed in some respects. In others, he's entertainingly hardline.

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, bradiston said:

Yeah, very silly coming from a government minister, but he was in opposition when he made those remarks. He wasn't alone in that, either. Trump seems to have mellowed in some respects. In others, he's entertainingly hardline.

In what way does Trump seem to have mellowed to you?

[bradiston]

37 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

In what way does Trump seem to have mellowed to you?

I'm talking from his electioneering bombast. Now, it seems negotiated settlements are the best way forward, with Colombia, Canada and Mexico, for example. That's his forte, after all. The Art of the Deal, and all that. He does have a flair for talking with leaders others can't get near - Kim, Xi maybe, even Putin. Denmark seems not to be included as yet, but I'm sure he'll get some sort of consensus, which has to include the Greenlanders. What seemed at the outset as totally outlandish claims now appears a distinct possibility. Not in the format he originally proposed, but working towards some sort of an "understanding". How much better than Putin's heavy handed, hot headed, catastrophic invasion of Ukraine! As for the rest of his foreign policy, that has yet to be revealed. He always puts several shots across the bows of his targets prior to engaging in talks. Vietnam, probably the EU, China. It's a clever tactic. Makes people sit up and pay attention.

[Bkk Brian]

11 minutes ago, bradiston said:

I'm talking from his electioneering bombast. Now, it seems negotiated settlements are the best way forward, with Colombia, Canada and Mexico, for example. That's his forte, after all. The Art of the Deal, and all that. He does have a flair for talking with leaders others can't get near - Kim, Xi maybe, even Putin. Denmark seems not to be included as yet, but I'm sure he'll get some sort of consensus, which has to include the Greenlanders. What seemed at the outset as totally outlandish claims now appears a distinct possibility. Not in the format he originally proposed, but working towards some sort of an "understanding". How much better than Putin's heavy handed, hot headed, catastrophic invasion of Ukraine! As for the rest of his foreign policy, that has yet to be revealed. He always puts several shots across the bows of his targets prior to engaging in talks. Vietnam, probably the EU, China. It's a clever tactic. Makes people sit up and pay attention.

Not seen anything that confirms your opinions that he's mellowed. Your examples with Canada, Mexico and Columbia, well he was never going to war with them, of course there will be a deal.....lol. He literally just threatened Columbia with 25% tariffs and today they backed down over the flight of immigrants. The art of the deal he's always had. 

 

 

[mogandave]

I think it hilarious the way the guys that hate Trump all worship their dear leader Starmer.