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Nick Lester

Miliband denies relations with ‘closest ally’ US harmed by his Trump criticism

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband spoke to Marco Rubio in Washington (Leon Neal/PA) - (PA Wire)

Ed Miliband has hailed the US as the UK’s “closest ally” after holding talks with his counterpart in Washington, as he denied his previous criticism of “racist” Donald Trump had harmed relations with the White House.

The Foreign Secretary said his past comments about the US president “didn’t come up” in talks with Marco Rubio at the US State Department, which he described as “very productive”.

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