Trump speaks with British PM Starmer by phone as he teases first foreign trip to UK

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President Donald Trump held a phone call with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday, during which the pair agreed to “meet soon.”

The call lasted 45 minutes, and the two leaders discussed the release of British Israeli national Emily Damari, who was held by Hamas and was released as part of the ceasefire deal with Israel, as well as the two nations’ economic relationship, according to a White House readout. Trump also offered his condolences to Starmer after the prime minister’s brother died from cancer shortly after Christmas.

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