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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker in Kananaskis, Canada

Starmer says he picked up Trump’s dropped papers to avoid security scare

British prime minister Keir Starmer bends to pick up the signed trade agreement US president Donald Trump dropped in Kananaskis, Canada.
British prime minister Keir Starmer bends to pick up the signed trade agreement US president Donald Trump dropped in Kananaskis, Canada. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Keir Starmer said he rushed to pick up papers dropped by Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Canada mainly to avoid anyone else stepping forward to do so and being tackled by the US president’s security team.

Speaking to reporters in Kananaskis a day after Trump fumbled some of the documents about a UK-US trade deal, letting a sheaf of papers tumble to the ground, Starmer said he had little choice but to bend down and help out.

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