Trump shrugs off Britain’s incoming leader: ‘I hear he’s extremely liberal’

US President Donald Trump was dismissive of Andy Burnham, who is set to become the next UK prime minister, saying he was unfamiliar with him and has only heard that he is “extremely liberal”. The US president was asked by a reporter on Wednesday about what he knew about Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester who is poised to succeed Keir Starmer in Britain’s latest leadership shake-up.

“I don’t know anything. I see that he was, I guess, the mayor of a town.

I hear he’s extremely...