Labour minister struggles to name any benefits of Trump returning to White HouseSource: BBC
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00:00What benefits could he bring?
00:01That's how Stephen has phrased his question.
00:05Well, we already have a really interwoven relationship
00:09with America, and we have done for years and years and years.
00:12And the trade that you talk about
00:14is incredibly important for the UK.
00:17The trade between our two countries
00:18is about 300 billion pounds a year.
00:21If you look at inward investment coming into the UK,
00:25we had a big investment summit a few weeks ago.
00:28There were some big American firms
00:29that are investing in the UK.
00:31Equally, some of our firms go and invest in America.
00:34So we have this very strong relationship
00:37when it comes to security, when it
00:38comes to intelligence sharing.
00:40But none of that is specific to Trump.
00:42I mean, that's a relation with America.
00:43What about Trump specifically?
00:44Well, what I would hope is that we
00:45have a new president who won a very decisive victory.
00:49So he has a clear mandate for four years.
00:52We've just had a general election in the UK,
00:54and we won a clear mandate for four years.
00:56So these two governments need to work together for the right of...
01:01Can you not think of any benefits?
01:02Yeah, I think this is what I'm saying.
01:04I'm saying, I think, if you look at what's happened,
01:08if you look at the relationships we have,
01:10then I hope we work with Donald Trump to build on those.
01:13I hope we have more trade.
01:14I know you were talking about trade.
01:14I hope we have more security arrangements.
01:16If you look at the world at the moment,
01:19the point that you made, the dangers that we see around us,
01:23you know, this is an insecure world.
01:24America is the most powerful country in the world.
01:27He is the most powerful president.
01:29We have to be working really closely
01:31to make sure we are delivering progress in the Middle East,
01:35for example.
01:36And that's what Keir Starmer, in his conversation with Donald
01:39Trump, spoke about yesterday.
01:41This is an opportunity to get some kind of change
01:44to the really awful situation we find in the Middle East,
01:47is one example.