Starmer’s knee-bending to Donald Trump is cringey, says Nick Clegg
Former Deputy Prime Minister Sir Nick Clegg said that the relationship between Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump was “a little embarrassing”.
Speaking at an event at the Liberal Democratic Conference, Sir Nick said that “endless knee bending” was “a little Cringey” for calling the prime minister to “talk” for British values.
Download Street tried to develop a constructive relationship with the unpredictable US President and An agreement on trade As a result of their efforts.
Trump came to England last week for a three -day visit, including a state feast in a Flypast and Windsor Castle by the Red Arrows.
Sir Nick argued that some of the Trump administration’s actions should be “called” like a warm attitude towards NATO, the transatlantic military alliance.
The government of the government argued that the US President’s desire for the Court stems from the United Kingdom without a “miscalculation” that “the US and the EU do not have to make elections between the US and the EU.
“This is the garbage on the stylts,” he added: “We can’t take our cake and eat. We should choose.”
Although he welcomed some of them Investment announced during the visitSir Nick warned the British government against being very dependent on the United States and its technology, arguing that the relationship between the two countries has changed “irreversible”.
Sir Keir said that the investment “increases jobs and increases growth throughout the country”: “We provide change for working people.”
Sir Nick also supported the current liberal democratic leader Sir Ed Davey for his strong condemnation of technology billionaire Elon Musk.
Last week, Musk said that the protests in Unite The Kingdom Rally would have to “fight or die”.
Speaking at an event organized by the Government Institute, Sir Nick described his comments as “an ugly intervention in our sovereignty”.
Sir Nick said that the party’s conference in Bournemouth will be the first person in which he participated in a decade and that he felt the “pleasure and Postbill mixture to the audience. [post-traumatic stress disorder]”.
From 2007 to 2015, he was the leader of the liberal democrats, while he took the party into a coalition with conservatives and led the party to a heavy defeat in the 2015 general elections.
Recently, he returned from a seven -year -old mission in the United States, where he was the head of global affairs for Meta, a social media giant with Facebook and Instagram.
Considering the decision to leave the company, he said that he might have drank Kool-Aid a little, and that he chose to leave because he no longer feels like a “stranger” in the Silicon Valley.
The departure coincided with the return of the White House of Trump, owned by Sir Nick. Previously banned on Facebook.
When asked if he would think about a turn to Frontsine politics, Sir Nick “No.” He said.
