Donald Trump enjoyed a state visit when Theresa May was PM (Image: Getty)
Sir Keir Starmer should roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump if the controversial former president is re-elected in November, according to more than a third of British voters.
There is major support for the inviting Mr Trump for a state visit if he pulls off a history-making comeback.
Thirty-six per cent of British adults want the Prime Minister to issue the invitation, according to the polling by WeThink. Forty-five per cent do not want him extended this honour but 19 per cent are unsure.
Support was strongest among people who had planned to vote Reform UK in last week’s election (61 per cent) with nearly half of likely Conservative voters (47 per cent) also enthusiastic about an invitation.
A former Labour foreign minister stressed the importance of Sir Keir building a relationship with Trump, saying: “You’ve got to get on with the Americans, haven’t you? We haven’t got any choice.”
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The former foreign minister said: “If Trump wins he’s certainly going to put the arm on Europe to pay for its own defences. There’s no question about it, and that means enormous turmoil I would think.”
Sarah Elliott, director of the UK-US special relationship unit at the Legatum Institute, pushed Sir Keir to offer a state visit to the next president.
She said: “Our countries have more in common than differences, and we need to show a united front as soon as possible especially now with the rise of authoritarianism globally. We are each other’s best military and economic allies, and a state visit should then naturally be expected or extended.”
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