Did Starmer Play It Safe With Trump?

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00:00Michael, we'll turn to you, the two leaders. Lots to discuss, it seems, today.

00:04Let's start with how it went overall. What do you think? Good optics or bad?

00:07I think it depends on your perspective.

00:10If you were hoping for Hugh Grant from Love Actually, I think you would be disappointed.

00:13Yes.

00:14But if you are a worker in the UK who is hoping that your industry would not be facing harsh tariffs,

00:22then I think you can be pleasantly satisfied that your man at the top, the Prime Minister, was not targeted

00:30and he did nothing to irritate arguably the most powerful man in the world.

00:35And you want to sort of have those meetings, touch base with the President, and then kind of get out cleanly.

00:41You don't want to get Zelensky'd, as it were.