Trump Praises Burnham as 'Natural Businessman' After First UN Meeting

Donald Trump praised UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham as a 'natural businessman' who would be a 'great prime minister' after their first in-person meeting at the UN General Assembly — the annual gathering of world leaders — in New York on 22 September 2026. Trump said the US-UK relationship was doing better under Burnham than under Keir Starmer.