Prime Minister Keir Starmer has spent months nurturing his relationship with President Trump. That may have just paid off.

The UK’s achievement in becoming the first country to strike a trade deal with Donald Trump in the wake of his tariff onslaught marked a political win for Prime Minister Keir Starmer vindicating his “softly,

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday secured a second trade pact in three days through a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump, claiming a much-needed political victory that removes a threat to some of the UK's must vulnerable industrial sectors.