Trump Tells UK’s Starmer to Cut Taxes, Migration to Beat Farage
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and US President Donald Trump ahead of their meeting at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, on Monday.
Photographer: Tolga Akmen/EPA/Bloomberg
President Donald Trump suggested Prime Minister Keir Starmer needed to lower taxes, cut immigration and stop crime in the UK if he wants to beat populist Nigel Farage at the next general election.
“Politics is pretty simple,” Trump said at a press event during his visit to Scotland on Monday, when asked about his friend Farage, who leads the populist right-wing Reform UK party. “Whoever does these things: Low taxes, keep us safe, keep us out of wars, no crime, stop the crime, and in your case, a big immigration component,” would be more likely to win an election, the president said.