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Has Burnham proved he can handle Trump? - The Latest

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 25, 202612 min
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  • Politics

Andy Burnham has navigated his way through a first high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump at the UN general assembly in New York. The prime minister’s aides were delighted with how the meeting went, as Trump praised the US-UK relationship and described Burnham as a ‘natural businessman’. The anticipated sticking points – the Chagos Islands, West Bank settlement sanctions and Ireland – appear not to have derailed the talks nor cast a shadow over the future relationship. Lucy Hough speaks to policy editor Kiran Stacey – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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This is The Guardian. Being able to do a little bit of that easygoing, glad-adding charm, that definitely will suit him well in the international arena. I think he's a natural business person.

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We've had a lot of discussions even before this meeting when he's talking to each other numerous times on the phone. There is a risk here that the UK just gets caught floating somewhere mid-Atlantic.

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Andy Burnham decided to put his own imprint on British foreign policy. And I'd be really interested to see what other topics he chooses to do that on. From the Guardians today in focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Hough. Andy Burnham, our relatively new prime minister, is well used to being out

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