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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jamie Grierson

‘Tea with a side of flattery’: what US papers say about Starmer’s meeting with Trump

Keir Starmer shakes hands with Donald Trump
Much of the scant coverage of the Starmer-Trump meeting portrayed the UK leader as a messenger. Photograph: Carl Court/AP

A quick scan of the UK newspaper front pages and you would be forgiven for thinking it was the diplomatic moment of the century, but a glance at the media on the other side of the Atlantic suggests Keir Starmer and Donald Trump’s get-together barely made a splash.

Instead, much of the scant coverage portrayed the prime minister as a messenger, bringing an invite for something much more glamorous than a former lawyer from Oxted: the royal red carpet.

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