By The Telegraph (World News) | Created at 2024-09-27 06:50:37 | Updated at 2024-09-30 07:28:05
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The Government “shouldn’t pull our punches” if it disagrees with Donald Trump, Emily Thornberry has said.
The foreign affairs select committee chairwoman said that it was “important” to “build a relationship” with the US presidential candidate, after Sir Keir Starmer had dinner with him last night.
But she told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: “I do think that if there are things the American president does or says that we disagree with, then we shouldn’t pull our punches.”
The former shadow Cabinet minister said: “Donald Trump may be the president of the United States in a couple of months’ time so of course, it’s important to have meetings with him and to build a relationship with him.
“Whatever criticisms one may have of Donald Trump, the point is that the office of president is one that needs to be properly respected and the Americans are very close friends of ours.”
She added: “I think that this is an initial meeting, so there needs to be a certain amount of relationship building and we take it from there.
