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Doughty wrote that Britain “should not honour those who attack or oppose our fundamental values of humanity and equality”. Meanwhile, International Development Secretary Anneliese Dodds, speaking on the BBC programme, said the UK-US relationship was a special one “based on democratic values, which President Trump sadly does not respect”.
She called Trump’s decision to impose restrictions on entry into the US from five Muslim-majority countries “divisive and incompetent” and accused the administration of overseeing “collective punishment.” She accused Trump of having “a complete lack of empathy and regard for anything that is not directly in his own interests.”
On the day of Joe Biden’s inauguration, the Minister of Indo-Pacific Affairs said: “As Trump and his policies of division and hate leave office for the last time, the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is a source of hope.”
Britain is trying to build bridges with the Trump camp
US Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson recently warned Lammy that “people will remember all of these comments” that were “unwise”. Trump’s son Eric Trump dismissed the foreign secretary’s comments about Trump as “nonsensical clickbait” and “total nonsense”.
“Donald Trump is an extraordinary politician and his sometimes emotional rhetoric and policy choices have been met with a response from other political leaders that has been quite extraordinary from a diplomatic perspective,” said Sophia Gaston, the UK’s chief foreign policy adviser. “Words really do matter when it comes to politics because personal relationships can be so important,” she added.
