Starmer to Set Out Approach to US After Trump Tariff Threat (1)

Jan. 19, 2026, 8:26 AM UTC

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to reaffirm the UK’s commitment to NATO in a press conference on Monday, after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on the UK and other European nations if he couldn’t reach a deal to buy Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark.

Starmer will emphasize “the importance of maintaining our alliances for our national interest,” according to Number 10, while echoing his Saturday statement that Trump’s tariff threat is “completely wrong.”

He will be joined by Rachel Reeves, according to people familiar with the situation, after the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer ...

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