Keir Starmer says he met Donald Trump for dinner in New York a few weeks ago and suggested they "achieved" a "good relationship". The prime minister adds there is "nothing unusual" about Labour staff volunteering for Kamala Harris' presidential bid. It comes after Donald Trump's campaign accused the Labour party of "interference" in the upcoming US presidential election. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I've met Donald Trump, he was good enough to come to New York when I was there a few
00:04weeks ago at the UN. He came up from Florida, we had dinner together. Our shared purpose
00:10was to ensure that we got to know each other, that we ensured that we had a good relationship
00:16between the two of us and we both achieved that I think and that's important because
00:21the special relationship between the US and the UK was forged in difficult circumstances
00:27historically. It's as important today as it's ever been and I'm absolutely committed
00:32to that relationship and of course working with whoever the American people decided not
00:38a long way off now decide they want as their president. He's in the middle of a campaign
00:41and also I think we just need to get a little bit of perspective here. This is Labour Party
00:46members and staff volunteering in their spare time in the election. It's happened every
00:51election, it happens across the world, every political party has volunteers that go across
00:56the world in this way. There's nothing unusual, nothing that wasn't done in every other election
01:01here. This is individuals in their spare time choosing to go and campaign and that I think
01:06and hope puts it in its proper perspective.