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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham met U.S. President Donald Trump behind closed doors at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday in a brief, reportedly drama-free encounter, commentators said.

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Burnham survived his first Trump meeting. His nice hair may have had something to do with it | Emma Brockes

The PM’s shiny newness could explain the easy ride he got this time. But who would dare predict the ever-shifting weather in the president’s head? Watching footage of Andy Burnham at the UN general assembly on Tuesday was like watching your child from behind a tree in the playground. Are they making friends? How normal do they seem relative to the average? How will they react when they come into contact with that hulking great child who seems to be running things? Burnham’s first face-to-face with Donald Trump was billed as a knife-edge encounter that, due to the latter’s capriciousness, could go either way. In the event, it was drama-free, leaving observers to ask: was it Burnham’s brilliance or simply the weather in Trump’s head? To viewers at home, Burnham’s performance at the press conference looked like that of a man who had worked out his best approach was to go for the sheepish, slightly cheeky air of the junior partner. Burnham is 24 years younger than Trump, on top of everything else - which can afford a certain licence to the less powerful person in any exchange. At the last minute, the meeting had been moved behind closed doors and afterwards, in a windowless room at the UN, the two men appeared side by side, mirroring each other’s body language: just two guys, legs akimbo, shoulders hunched, hanging on a bench in the locker room. Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist Continue reading. . .

Burnham survived his first Trump meeting. His nice hair may have had something to do with it | Emma Brockes
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by Simon Usherwood

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Literally no developments to report here

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Andy Burnham hopes to clinch EU reset deal by end of the year
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September 23, 2026 at 5:27 AM
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Burnham passes his first Trump test — but papers over the cracks

Britain's new prime minister got through an hour with the U.S. president mostly unscathed. But the immediate differences were more evident than with Keir Starmer.

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by Gerry Hassan

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Trump has no real understanding of anything: economics, business, the US Constitution, the world.

So not surprising that he has no idea of the name of the UK. He thinks that England and the UK are the same thing. Embarrassing from a dumb ass US President.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "You call it United Kingdom, Britain, they call it sometimes England. They go back to the old. It's got more names than any other place in the world."
September 22, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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