When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York City for dinner Sept. 26, it was part of a British charm offensive to nurture a relationship between a left-wing leader and a right-wing potential president. So, when Trump turned to Starmer before parting and told him, "We are friends,” according to a person involved in the evening, it did not go unnoticed.
Whether they stay friends is anybody’s guess.
For months leading up to Trump’s political comeback — and in the heady days since his victory was confirmed — foreign leaders have rushed, once again, to ingratiate themselves with him. Their emissaries have cultivated people in Trump’s orbit or with think tanks expected to be influential in setting policies for a second Trump administration.
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