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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Cleo Watson and Helen MacNamara

What Trump’s ‘special’ relationships with prime ministers are really like

Donald Trump Churchill Kemi Badenoch Sir Keir Starmer Iran

Keir Starmer’s challenges are not just limited to Kemi Badenoch grilling him at PMQs. As the Iran conflict continues, Trump is back to banging the “he’s no Churchill” drum. But what is it actually like to manage the ‘special relationship?’

In this clip from The Independent’s politics podcast In The Room, Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson reminisce on – and cringe over – some of the awkward presidential-ministerial relations they witnessed during their time in politics.

New episodes of In The Room drop every Friday. You can listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or watch on YouTube.

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