Cabinet minister Pat McFadden plays down historic derogatory comments made about Donald Trump by some of his government colleagues. The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster says “the truth is that the relationship between Britain and the United States is based on more than tweets “. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Well, we're a trading nation.
00:02Our economy depends on trading both goods and excellent
00:05services around the world.
00:07Much of that trade is between Britain and the United States.
00:11So we obviously don't want to see more trade barriers put
00:15in place.
00:16We'll argue for our interests.
00:18But as with everything else, I think
00:20it's best with the new president to see what's actually
00:24done, rather than just what's said on the campaign trail.
00:27I think you've also got to look at what people in the States
00:29have said about President Trump, too.
00:31His own running mate, now Vice President-elect J.D. Vance,
00:36mused in the past about whether Donald Trump was
00:39the next Richard Nixon or America's Hitler.
00:42He is capable of looking past these things.
00:45If he fell out with everybody who
00:47had said negative things about him,
00:49you wouldn't have J.D. Vance as Vice President.
00:51You actually wouldn't have Elon Musk as his biggest business
00:54backer, because he said a few things in the past, too.
00:57You can read these things out.
00:59But the truth is that the relationship
01:01between Britain and the United States
01:02is based on more than tweets.
01:05It is based on a deep and abiding security
01:09relationship, which is in our interests and in theirs.
01:12It's based on a really important commercial relationship,
01:15and more important than both of those,
01:18based on shared values that make us the best
01:22of friends in the world.
01:23That will endure, and that will continue
01:25over the next few years.