Trump says he can do business with Burnham but criticises 'terrible' Chagos deal
- U.S. President Donald Trump met British Prime Minister Andy Burnham in New York during the United Nations General Assembly.
- Trump said U.S.-British relations were better under Burnham than under former Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
- Trump criticized Britain’s proposed transfer of sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as a “terrible deal.”
- Under the agreement, Britain would retain a 99-year lease on Diego Garcia, which hosts a strategic U.S.-British military base.
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Burnham says he raised the Falklands with Trump at their first meeting
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday that he raised the question of the Falklands with US President Donald Trump during their first meeting, held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. 'The Falklands we mentioned. And you were good enough to listen to us on those issues,' he told reporters. Trump made no public response on the archipelago.
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berlingske.dkDonald Trump calls Andy Burnham a born businessman after the two men's first meeting on Tuesday.
(Washington, London = Yonhap News) Correspondents Hong Jeong-gyu and Kim Ji-yeon = U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on the 22nd (local time) ... following Prime Minister Burnham's inauguration ...
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