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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will announce Sunday that he understands the rationale behind President Donald Trump’s tariffs and that the West is entering a new economic era.

"The world has changed, globalization is over and we are now in a new era," the prime minister’s office said in a statement to the Sunday Times. "We’ve got to demonstrate that our approach, a more active Labour government, a more reformist government, can provide the answers for people in every part of this country."

The statement comes after Trump announced new tariffs on dozens of countries around the world on Wednesday, including a 10% levy on goods from the U.K.

While Starmer will still argue that tariffs are wrong, according to the Sunday Times report, the prime minister will also admit that he understands the rationale behind Trump’s move and why such policies have become increasingly popular with voters.

"Trump has done something that we don’t agree with, but there’s a reason why people are behind him on this," the prime minister’s office said in the statement.

Starmer is expected to emphasize the failures of free trade and mass migration specifically during the address on Sunday, the report said, arguing that it has failed millions of voters.

Meanwhile, the report noted that Trump ally Elon Musk seemingly publicly broke with the president during a video interview for an event in Italy Saturday, saying he hopes, eventually, for a "zero-tariff" solution between the U.S. and Europe one day.

"At the end of the day, I hope it’s agreed that both Europe and the United States should move, ideally, in my view, to a zero-tariff situation, effectively creating a free-trade zone between Europe and North America," he said.

Musk also called for there to eventually be more "freedom" of movement between the two continents, an apparent break from Trump’s hard line on immigration.

"That’s what I hope occurs, and also more freedom of people to move between Europe and North America if they wish," Musk said. "If they wish to work in Europe or wish to work in America, they should be allowed to do so, in my view. So that has certainly been my advice to the president."

Source: Foxnews

Talking rubbish.

Lol.

Is there no freedom of movement already? You can't move freely between countries and take up jobs at will.

Except, of course, the UK has been annexed to become part of the USA. Then people can move freely to take jobs. 🤷‍♂️

Honestly, I don’t understand all the fuss. If one country decides to impose a 100% tariff on goods coming into its territory, and the other country responds by raising its own tariffs, isn’t that just how international trade works? Both sides are simply protecting their interests..... No more father Christmas... If u want US to reduce, make u sef reduce

Globalization was often an agenda to the West to ever be at the top, economic and social-wise, while using the rest of the world as their economic slaves and continuously subjugating them through various supposed globalization agendas (UN, WEF, lgbt them even, dollar reserves, etc.)

Yes, indeed, the Western globalization need be over. The world decentralized. A Nigerian should know more about Cameroon and Mauritius, rather than news news everyday about your shitty hole piggy countries. Thanks to Trump for ushering in the beginning of the destruction of Western hegemony on the other 6billion+ rest of the world of only 8billion.

Hmmmm

How? Never.

Trump is dragging America back to'' Benito Mussolini'' era. A time where only the strongest can survive.

Trump is evil

The worst leader the UK will ever have.

The USA cant face Gog and magog all by itself. China, Arabs, Persia will tear up that tree where all foul birds of the world reside.

Everybody just dey para for this Tariff 😂😂 Trump dey pepe them

You colonised the world then lost.

You wanted a unified Europe then lost.

You made Brexit of Europe, then lost.

You wanted direct access to their minerals, products and services of the world, then lost.


What next?

True

bigiyaro:
The worst leader the UK will ever have.

That is not true....He is by far and way better than Sunak

Trump must be doing something right for all these woke people to be complaining about another country's policy

Fox ENTERTAINMENT giving statement on behalf of the Leader of ANOTHER country.

CLOWNS!

TRUMP IS a BASTARD

I'm pro-Trump but I think he's causing too many divisions around the world. He's (subconsciously) bringing out the beasts in Europe, Africa and Asia especially..

America can't be the greatest forever (they should ask Egypt, Rome, Greece, Spain, etc and the most recent in history;UK), these acts may be used against them in the future..

Although, this is a natural flaw in every human's ideology; humans always think they will remain on top forever, or they will continue winning forever while looking down on others but when the improbable table turns, you see them running back to them (underated) begging in humility you never thought they have...

Tinubu must put Nigeria first, go into agreements with nations, so we pay them with naira and in exchange they pay us in their local currency for goods and services exchanged.

South Africa has done this, and their economy is balancing out, their rand is going stronger and attracting investors, investors prefer to invest in a nation with a strong currency value.

We need to stop spending money buying dollars to import!

Dollarisation of our economy and society is killing naira. Use only naira, grow naira, our economy become valuable. Globalisation has ended, every president and senate/parliament is doing what is good for its citizens, Nigeria should not be an exception, work based on interest and profit for Nigeria for the good of Nigerians.

It's a shame that we don't have the executive with the heart to do this, this is the one singular act that will change Nigeria economy for good. N1500 to a naira is a disgrace and this administration must bring it down, this is the crux of our problem in Nigeria as per economics and standard of living of the masses.

Keir Starmeris kissing Trump's backside.

The Labor party actually supports globalIzation. They wanted to remain during the EU exit polls.

Starmer rues the pain Brexit has brought upon the UK.

.after the second world war.

The US ordered all colonial countries to give up theirs colonies for a new era. Which the UK and France control more countries they once had and the countries controlled by German was already divided by UK and France. And they went to take up the countries Japan was controlling and the US doesn't want that.

So they came up with a new plan for their own interests. The United nations and a new neo colonial era.

Dollar as world currency and reserved. Advantage to the US. They claimed to have the Gold reserved to backed it at the time which was true to some extent but not anymore. The US doesn't have the Gold anymore to back up the dollar. All they do is print more paper and do charity it was the main reasons the dollar keep devaluing as they spend more that their worth and reserves.

The world back their economy with the dollar by using their economy and resources. But the US just print paper and taking up countries resources with politics and military forces in other to remain stronger.


While the UK and France share Africa resources and economy in other to remain at the top. What is left for Africa and it future? It is the reason Africa remain poor because they are so foolish and their leaders greedy. They lack the education and rational mind, and useless in world politics.

The ones that have the mind to challenge the neocolonialism faced with sanctioned.

When should imperialism end?
That should be the concern of Africans in general and Nigerians in particular..

Trump America first slogan turning into America last ...Americans is protesting ,stocks are losing value even musk is not exempted he lost 11billion dollars, I knew that Trump coming back will not be good for his country and the whole world, he's irrational and takes tough decisions without proper planning...the bottom line is goods and services are going up in USA affecting the citizens and residents...just like it happened here when bulabu removed fuel subsidy,,people hate to suffer and anyone who brings suffering to a man is his enemy no matter the intent and purposes....

OneOnland:
Globalization was often an agenda to the West to ever be at the top, economic and social-wise, while using the rest of the world as their economic slaves and continuously subjugating them through various supposed globalization agendas (UN, WEF, lgbt them even, dollar reserves, etc.)

Yes, indeed, the Western globalization need be over. The world decentralized. A Nigerian should know more about Cameroon and Mauritius, rather than news news every day about your shitty hole piggy countries. Thanks to Trump for ushering in the beginning of the destruction of Western hegemony on the other 6billion+ rest of the world of only 8 billion.

This is a slow emotional take. Before the world decentralizes, there needs to be viable alternatives, cause how do you balance import-export deficits?

If Nigeria and Ghana start buying and selling to each other in cedis and naira respectively, when Nigeria archives trade surplus, what would they do with the excess cedis since they can't spend it in Nigeria?

Before the dollar can get out of the way, a viable alternative has to come in. Currently, lots of countries have signed deals to keep selling their oil in dollars, how do you break free from that hegemony?

Even China and Russia haven't dumped the dollar 100% for this sole reason

Noted.

Trump is fighting both internal and external wars as same time.
I wish him the best for his country. That's how to prioritize your country before any other.

Good man, it's now every man for himself.

So short lived

Globalization died the deserved death.

Everyone can now go back to their conservatism and use whatever method they deem fit to protect their economy

Maybe I'm not economically knowledgeable enough.
I dont understand why everyone is angry n crying over US tarrifs. US has a population of 340M
The world has a population of 8.6B.
So if a country with only 340M is giving the whole world headache, why cant the whole world boycott, abandon and ignore that country?
Why is trade with America so important?
Why cant all other countries come together and trade with each other? Ofcos there will be some sell outs that want to side with US.

But this crap US is doing needs a new handstands approach. No whining or crying or even negotiating.

WHY CANT AMERICA BE BOYCOTTED?