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Politics
Sophie Wingate

US speaker seeks to ‘calm the waters’ on UK trip amid Trump Greenland threats

US House speaker Mike Johnson addressing MPs in the House of Commons (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

The speaker of the US House of Representatives has sought to assure MPs and peers that the US and UK will “work through our differences calmly as friends” amid Donald Trump’s threats over the seizure of Greenland.

Mike Johnson said his mission during his visit to London was to “help calm the waters”, while also arguing that a “strong America is good for the entire world”.

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