Chris Mason: In the room with the president and the prime minister
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham held his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump at the United Nations, where the two leaders engaged in a largely cordial exchange. Trump praised Burnham as a natural business person, though he sharply criticized the UK's decision to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Burnham described the meeting as encouraging and indicated that the UK would continue working to find a resolution regarding the Chagos deal.
- ▪Donald Trump described Prime Minister Andy Burnham as a natural business person during their first in-person meeting.
- ▪Trump labeled the UK's agreement to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as a terrible deal.
- ▪Prime Minister Burnham stated that the meeting established a good connection and that work on the Chagos issue would continue.
- ▪The meeting took place in a basement room at the United Nations rather than the White House.
- ▪Journalists were kept out of the private talks initially, allowing the leaders more time to discuss their agenda before the press arrived.
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Chris Mason: In the room with the president and the prime ministerImage source, Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesByChris MasonPolitical editorPublished1 minute agoAs I crouched between the cameras, determined to catch Donald Trump's eye and ask a question, I listened to a president seeking to be magnanimous.Remember, Trump can and does do warmth when he wants to, as well as acerbic.Prime Minister Andy Burnham, a mayor a matter of months ago, sat next to the most powerful man in the world.Put like that, it sounds believable when he said in advance he was looking forward to the meeting, but there must have been a jab of nerves too.Burnham did look a little nervous as us reporters trooped into the room, but then, for the most part, the compliments flowed from the president.The original plan was…
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