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So on LBC this morning, presenter Nick Ferrari asked McFadden: “Do you think Donald Trump has KKK sympathies or Nazi sympathies?”
The minister replied: “I think the relationship between Britain and America is really important and I’m confident –”“No I know,” the minister admitted. “And I don’t want to get into –”McFadden replied: “Look, what I think is important is the friendship between these two countries.”McFadden dodged the question once more, and said: “Well I think there’s another point that we shouldn’t miss here.
But Ferrari did not give up, and asked again: “We will move on but for the third time I will ask you: do you think he has Nazi or KKK sympathies, Pat McFadden? Third time of asking.” The minister simply replied: “I congratulate him on his win and we look forward to working with him.”Labour’s past anti-Trump comments by pointing out how the president-elect’s running mate, JD Vance, and his vocal supporter Elon Musk have both slammed the Republican in the past.AdvertisementStarmer just dodged the question by saying his and Lammy’s meeting with Trump in September was “very constructive”.
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