Keir Starmer has not spoken to Trump directly since he unleashed all of his tariffs.

Keir Starmer was cornered by a journalist today over his lack of contact with Donald Trump since the US president unveiled his new trade tariffs.

The president hit the UK with a baseline 10% tax on imports heading into the US on April 2.

That came on top of his 25% global levy on cars, steel and aluminium products.

While the 10% tax was much less than many other trading partners – the EU was slapped with a 20% tariff – it was still more than some, such as Russia, who got away without any new tariffs at all.

Then Trump U-turned this week and announced most tariffs would be reduced to 10%, aside from China – taking away any trade advantage the president had handed to the UK had over competitors altogether.

So ITV News’ Carl Dinnen asked the prime minister today in Doncaster: “Have you spoken to President Trump since he put a 10% tariffs on all goods coming from here to the United States?”

Starmer replied: “My team are in........

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