Windmills, dead birds, a fat coyote and Prince William’s ‘modern beard’: No10’s legendary bizarre stories from President Donald Trump and Keir Starmer’s surreal Christmas chat

Donald Trump’s surreal Christmas chat with Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer last month will go down in history as one of the strangest diplomatic exchanges in history.

The official announcement of the meeting was predictably diplomatic, although both men reaffirmed the “close and historic” relationship between the UK and the US and the need for continued support for Ukraine. It is reported that behind the refined words, the conversation turned violent. , Trump often goes off the rails.

What really troubled the Prime Minister and his team was when President Trump started fixating on the issue of dead birds flying into wind turbines in the US.

He then began joking that coyotes had gotten so “fat” from eating dead birds that they might need to be given “weight loss drugs” to keep them down.

It wasn’t the type of diplomatic talk anyone was expecting, especially as Sir Keir tried to steer the conversation back to the more pressing issues of international security and his upcoming visit to Washington.

In another unexpected detour, President Trump reflected on his meeting with the Prince of Wales at the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

The former president praised Mr William’s appearance, describing his beard as “modern”, before praising Mr Starmer’s wife Victoria as “beautiful” and calling the prime ministers his “greatest assets”.

Trump then began talking about his golf course in Scotland, bouncing from topic to topic like a man on a mission, making a series of comments about the situation and his personal involvement. I made a casual comment.

The call continued to take an unpredictable turn, whether because of a lack of clear diplomatic purpose or simply because of President Trump’s well-known penchant for self-promotion.

Number 10 and the Foreign Office are preparing to offer President Trump a state invitation to the UK, with support from Buckingham Palace, once he returns to the White House in January.

Sir Keir is likely to see this as an opportunity to develop a strong personal relationship with President Trump that will benefit the UK.

The Prime Minister faces the challenge of securing a positive relationship with Mr Trump, who supported both Brexit and his former political rival Boris Johnson.

Meanwhile, most of Sir Keir’s cabinet, including Foreign Secretary David Lammy, have expressed strong criticism or personal insults towards Mr Trump in the past, making the effort even more difficult.

Last month, Lamy tried to shake off the impact of his past criticism of Trump, despite branding him a “misogynist, neo-Nazi-sympathetic sociopath” and was on good terms with the re-elected US president. He claimed that they had a relationship.

Another threat to Starmer came from Trump’s close friend Elon Musk, who last night launched another salvo against the Labor Party and again today against Sir Keir Starmer, accusing the prime minister of sexual abuse. He accused them of being “complicit” in gang crimes.

The multi-billionaire owner of X launched a blistering attack on Friday against the prime minister and the British government, centering on a historic crime in which a group of Asian British men targeted a teenage girl.

Musk, a senior adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, spent much of the evening on the US East Coast at his podium, sharing his thoughts on British politics with his followers.

He criticized Sir Keir and Minister Jess Phillips for defending him before backing a reckless call for King Charles to unilaterally dissolve the government and hold an election.

And then he accused Sir Keir, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from 2008 to 2013, of letting criminals get away with abuse.

“Starmer must leave the country and be charged with complicity in the worst mass crime in British history (sic),” he said.

However, labor ministers have finally shown a willingness to strike back against Mr. Musk.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said his series of tweets were “misguided and definitely misinformed”.

And when asked about the Tesla owner’s criticism, Health Minister Andrew Gwynne told LBC: “Elon Musk is an American citizen and perhaps he should focus on issues on the other side of the Atlantic.”

In a new development, President Donald Trump last night criticized Britain’s withdrawal from oil and gas production and called on the government to “open up” the North Sea and remove “windmills”.

The US president-elect said in a social media post that Britain was making “very big mistakes” on energy policy.

Mr Trump posted a link on his platform Truth Social to an article about Labor’s decision to increase taxes on North Sea oil and gas producers.

In October, the British government announced it would increase the so-called windfall tax on companies drilling in the North Sea from 35% to 38%.

Labor wants to use revenue from oil and gas tax to raise money for further renewable energy projects.

“Britain is making a very big mistake,” Trump wrote. Open up the North Sea. Please remove the windmill! ”

The president-elect was reacting to U.S. oil company Apache’s November announcement that it would withdraw from the North Sea.

Apache said the windfall tax was making UK business “uneconomic”.

But oil companies have been gradually withdrawing from the North Sea for decades as the basin gradually depletes.

Production in the region peaked at 4.5 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 1999 and currently stands at approximately 1.3 million barrels of oil equivalent per day.

The UK government aims to decarbonise the electricity system by 2030. This means reducing the use of gas-fired power plants and replacing them with renewable energy.

The plan includes ramping up new wind turbine projects that will quadruple the amount of electricity generated from offshore wind over the next five years.

Meanwhile, Trump has promised to increase oil and gas production with the United States if he returns to the White House.

Texas company Apache announced in November that it would cease all production at its UK facilities by December 2029.

This is “significantly longer than what would otherwise have been a reasonable period.”

US oil giant ExxonMobil withdrew from the North Sea in July last year.

Shell and Equinor also announced that they will combine their offshore oil and gas assets in the region to form a new company.

Shell’s director of integrated gas and upstream operations, Zoe Eujinovich, said at the time that part of the reason for the decision was that it was “not the rich basin that it once was.”

A government spokesperson said: “Our priority is a just, orderly and prosperous transition of the North Sea in line with climate change and legal obligations, and we are committed to working with industry to protect good jobs for current and future generations. “I will.”

“We need to replace our reliance on volatile fossil fuel markets with clean, home-grown, British-controlled electricity. This is the best way to protect ratepayers and increase energy independence.”

The Interim North Sea Authority has been contacted for comment.