Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy has promised that a Labour government would work with Donald Trump if he was re-elected as US president.
During a visit to Washington, Mr Lammy met with senior Democrats and Republicans as part of Labour's efforts to build ties with the US ahead of the general election.The former LBC presenter said that Mr Trump’s approach to Nato is “misunderstood” as he said a Labour government would work with the ex-president if he was elected. Mr Trump is currently campaigning for the 2024 presidential election in November as the presumptive Republican nominee.
" Mr Trump spoke of potentially leaving the Nato alliance during his first term in office, he also repeatedly pushed for European nations to increase their own spending.Only four European countries were meeting the 2% goal in 2016 when Mr Trump was campaigning for the presidency, it was 10 by the time he left office in 2021, Mr Lammy said, and was set to be 18 this year.
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