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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Caitlin Doherty

Truth Social and football phone calls: the final hours of the UK-US trade deal

Sir Keir Starmer was pulled away from the second half of his beloved Arsenal’s semi-final to firm up the final details of the US trade deal with Donald Trump.

The Prime Minister admitted that he “didn’t know the exact day” the agreement with the White House would come, but less than 24 hours after he was watching that Champions League semi-final, Sir Keir had been beamed into the Oval Office to virtually confirm the new transatlantic trading arrangements.

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