In Time magazine, the now-foreign secretary wrote of the then-American leader in 2018, when he was a backbench MP: “Trump is not merely a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathizing sociopath. Additionally, he poses a serious threat to the global order that has long served as the cornerstone of Western advancement.
Mr. Lammy was questioned about whether he still stands by those remarks, given that he would now have to cooperate with Mr. Trump’s administration should the Republican nominee win the presidency in November.
“You are going to struggle to find any politician who didn’t have something to say about,” he said to News.
The Tottenham MP said that after Labour’s resounding election triumph, he had visited Washington, DC, eight times as shadow foreign secretary and currently as foreign secretary.
I meet with Democrats and Republicans, many of whom are close to Trump, and we will collaborate with whoever the American people elect to represent them in the White House as their next president,” the speaker stated.
He continued by saying that he had already had a meeting with JD Vance, Mr. Trump’s vice presidential contender, and that they had been able to establish “common ground”.
