Andy Burnham has been talking about how he would deal with Donald Trump
Speaking to Gary Lineker in the former footballer’s podcast, the Prime Minister in waiting said that he will be ‘very upfront’ with Donald Trump
He said that Trump’s comments about Burnham being mayor of ‘some town’ did not go down fantastically well in Manchester
Maybe in a similar way to the way I’ve just described, I’ll just meet him where he’s at. And, you know, I like to think I’ve got some personality myself and I’ll just, you know, I’ll deal with him very upfront in the same way. I think he likes people to deal with him.
“He described Manchester as some town when he was referring to my position. And I might have to you know what Manx are like, Gary, that won’t have gone down fantastically well in the city I used to represent.
“But yeah, you know, it’s about being yourself, isn’t it? It’s about respecting the office, the relationship, the UK-US relationship. But, you know, where you disagree, do it, but do it in a way that is kind of meeting him where he’s at.
In the same interview he did rule out a wealth tax as he says that people may have to pay ‘a little bit more’ in tax because of the state of the public finances
He told Gary Lineker that he doesn’t want to ‘create new divisions’ or to ‘be perceived as somebody who’s coming with grudges and agendas and going to immediately demonise one group’
‘So you know, decisions to be taken in time
