Any visit would come in challenging circumstances as the US has deviated from its Western allies’ stance on Ukraine and Nato, and there are questions in the air about possible US tariffs for the UK.
“We have a lot of good things going on. But he asked to come and see me and I just accepted his asking.”
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Read MoreEarlier on Friday Downing Street said that Starmer and the president discussed “his forthcoming visit to the US” in a phone call on Thursday.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said: “Mr Burnett and the Prime Minister agreed on the unique and special nature of the UK-US relationship, the strength of our alliance and the warmth of the connection between the two countries.”
Starmer and Trump met at Trump Tower in New York ahead of the US election.
In his comments to reporters on Friday, Trump claimed that the pair had met “twice” and he also described Starmer as a “very nice guy”.
Trump has said he plans to impose “reciprocal tariffs” on all countries who add extra costs to US goods.
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Read MoreTrump’s vice president JD Vance has been in Munich for a security conference where he met Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday and discussed the conflict.
In a wider attack on what he suggested is a shift away from democratic values across Europe, Vance claimed the “basic liberties of religious Britons, in particular” are under threat.
Meanwhile, allies of Trump have expressed scepticism over the UK’s proposed deal with Mauritius, which would hand over sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory but lease back the strategically important Diego Garcia military base which is used by the US.
A Mauritian government statement said Ramgoolam had used a speech to affirm that the country had “shown openness and willingness to find common ground by accepting the presence of a representative from the new administration in the United States of America in the negotiations so as to further strengthen the process”.
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