{"id":23726,"date":"2026-07-26T19:16:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/new-pm-burnham-vows-to-put-britains-interest-first-in-dealings-with-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T19:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:16:50","slug":"new-pm-burnham-vows-to-put-britains-interest-first-in-dealings-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/new-pm-burnham-vows-to-put-britains-interest-first-in-dealings-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"New PM Burnham vows to put \u2018Britain\u2019s interest first\u2019 in dealings with Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LONDON, July 26 — New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he may “take a different opinion” from US President Donald Trump and will “put Britain’s interest first” when dealing with the American leader.<\/p>\n

In excerpts released today of a BBC interview conducted Friday, Burnham said his first call with Trump held just hours after he replaced Keir Starmer in Downing Street on Monday was “warm”.<\/p>\n

“Obviously we will continue to build the relationship as we go forward” Burnham told the broadcaster, in his first media interview since taking power.<\/p>\n

“It’s a changing world… and you just have to obviously call things as they develop.<\/p>\n

“I can’t at any point say that I won’t take a different opinion from him, that I will need to voice a different idea that is right for Britain. And I will do that.”<\/p>\n

Burnham, 56, a veteran figure within centre-left ruling Labour who was the mayor of Greater Manchester in northern England for nine years from 2017, twice declined to directly answer whether he trusts Trump.<\/p>\n

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The UK’s new leader also insisted he would “of course” be willing to call the US president out if needed.<\/p>\n

“You have to defend your own national interest before anything else,” he said.<\/p>\n

“That’s what you’re required to do if you’re to do this job properly. I will always put Britain’s interest first.”<\/p>\n

Following Monday’s phone call, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that Burnham “has got a big job ahead of him, but he will be able to do it”.<\/p>\n

He pledged his country “will be there to help”.<\/p>\n

However, in remarks last month the US leader had branded him “extremely liberal”.<\/p>\n

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Trump had a sometimes fractious relationship with Starmer, which soured in particular over the Iran conflict. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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LONDON, July 26 — New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he may “take a different opinion” from US President Donald Trump and will “put Britain’s interest first” when dealing with the American leader. In excerpts released today of a BBC interview conducted Friday, Burnham said his first call with Trump held just hours…<\/p>\n

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