Keir Starmer Told 'You Must Be Envious' Of Trump's Illegal Immigration Record In Front Of Trump

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During their meeting the Trump Turnberry Golf Course in Scotland, a reporter praised President Trump's immigration record to UK PM Keir Starmer.

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00:00Competently run border than anybody's ever seen.

00:02The President makes it look easy dealing with illegal migration.

00:06You must be envious of his records such a short period.

00:10Well, I think we've been discussing irregular illegal migration is a huge issue in both our countries.

00:19In the United Kingdom, it is a real cause for concern, and that's why we must bear down on it.

00:25In all its aspects, upstream, across Europe, where a lot of ours comes into, through northern France, across the channel,

00:35working with our allies, with our colleagues to break the gangs that are actually running this trade,

00:41but equally being very strong that when people have arrived in this country who have got no right to be here,

00:47then we should be removing them to their own country.

00:51And that's why I'm really pleased that we've been able to focus on this very intensely

00:56and get 35,000 people out of the United Kingdom who had no right to be here,

01:02because the message has to be you can't make your way to the United Kingdom.

01:06We won't tolerate our rules being broken, and if you get here, you will be returned to where you came from.

01:14And it's really important that we bear down on that.

01:16We're such an attractive place where people come, because they want to go back to where, because we are all of them.

01:22People coming via the rules are always welcome.

01:26Of course, we've welcomed talent and people into this country for centuries, literally.

01:33But what the British people will not tolerate is those that break the rules,

01:38those that come through irregular routes, and that's the really important distinction here.

01:45And that's what we're bearing down on.

01:48And I'm really pleased that we're, through pretty well all of the international engagement I've done,

01:54all the meetings I've had, the country we've done deals with.

01:56We've done deals with countries in the last 12 months that many people thought it was not possible to do deal with

02:01when it came to immigration, irregular immigration.

02:06And we've returned thousands of people who've got no right to be here.

02:10And that, I think, is, for the British people, we're a reasonable, tolerant country.

02:18Where people are coming lawfully to contribute to our communities, to our country,

02:25then, of course, they're welcome and have made a great contribution.

02:28But what people will not tolerate is those that are breaking the rules.

02:32And that is an issue of today, but it's a very British thing.

02:37We are people who respect rules.

02:40We don't approve of those that break rules.

02:43Mr. President.

02:44I can say, though, that I had one of the greatest victories,

02:48they say, the most consequential in 129 years.

02:51So I don't know about that, but it was pretty close.

02:54And we won all of the swing states, which never happens.

02:58We won the popular vote by millions of votes.

03:00We won, you know, tremendous electoral college sweep.

03:03And I believe I did it more than anything else because of my strong stand on immigration.

03:09And I don't think this country is any different in that sense.

03:12I think it's a big factor.

03:15And it is with a lot of the European countries.

03:17Some of the countries have, you know, lost their way and they have tremendous crime because of it.

03:23I mean, you had countries with no crime that now have tremendous crime.

03:28And you know the countries and I know the countries.

03:31And so I think it's a huge factor in any election, not just this election, but in any election.

03:37I think the one that's toughest and most competent on immigration is going to win the election.

03:42But then you add, you add low taxes and you add the economy.

03:48He did a great thing with the economy because a lot of money is going to come in because of the deal that was made.

03:54But I think that, I think that immigration is now bigger than ever before.

03:59Mr. President, your Treasury Secretary is meeting.

04:03Mr. President, your Treasury Secretary is meeting.

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