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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker and Alexandra Topping

Starmer toughens rhetoric on Trump and decries pressure over Greenland

Keir Starmer: ‘I’ve been clear and consistent in my position on the future of Greenland.’
Keir Starmer: ‘I’ve been clear and consistent in my position on the future of Greenland.’ Photograph: House of Commons/AFP/Getty Images

Keir Starmer has noticeably hardened his rhetoric towards Donald Trump, telling the Commons that the US president’s condemnation of the Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius was intended to weaken the UK’s resolve over Greenland.

In a sometimes angry exchange with Kemi Badenoch at prime minister’s questions, Starmer denounced the Conservative leader’s use of Trump’s words to push back against the Chagos deal, saying the president had not been sincere in his objections.

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