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Sir Keir Starmer’s Donald Trump appeal offensive will likely be considerably hampered by insults hurled on the US President-Elect by Labour frontbenchers David Lammy and Wes Streeting, the Prime Minister has been warned.

And Jonathan Sacerdoti additionally contrasted the varied historic slurs – together with Foreign Secretary Mr Lammy’s description of the billionaire New Yorker as a “Nazi” – with the “diplomatic common sense” he stated had been displayed by Reform UK chief Nigel Farage, a detailed ally of Mr Trump.

Republican Mr Trump will return to the White House after a four-year absence in January, having notched a decisive victory over Democratic rival Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s election, successful each the electoral school and, for the primary time, the favored vote.

And his win has centered consideration on historic social media posts by each the Foreign Secretary and Health Secretary.

Posting on X, previously Twitter, in 2017, Mr Lammy, then a backbencher, stated: “If Trump comes to the UK I will be out protesting on the streets. He is a racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser.”

However, by yesterday morning he had changed his tone dramatically, saying: “Congratulations to @actualDonaldTrump in your victory.

“The UK has no greater friend than the US, with the special relationship being cherished on both sides of the Atlantic for more than 80 years.

“We stay up for working with you and @JDVance within the years forward.”

Similarly, also posting seven years ago when he was likewise an opposition backbencher, Mr Streeting said: “Trump is such an odious, unhappy, little man. Imagine being proud to have that as your President.”

Pressed on the topic on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, he stated: “The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary have been working hard to build a relationship with President Trump and his team, so that in the event that he is elected as the next president of the United States, we start with the strong working relationship which is in our national interest and in the interests of the United States as well.

“And it isn’t typically I’d pray and support Nigel Farage, the chief of the Reform Party however, as he stated in a single day, President Trump, , he speaks as he finds.

“He had a very good meeting with Keir Starmer not too long ago, and of course, he’ll be aware of things that we’ve we’ve all said in the past…”

Nevertheless, journalist and broadcaster Mr Sacerdoti instructed Express.co.uk: “The Labour government’s past comments about Donald Trump, riddled with insults and hyperbole, now hang awkwardly over its efforts to forge diplomatic ties with an incoming Trump administration.

“Before assuming energy, Labour leaders – together with David Lammy and Wes Streeting – acted extra like unruly schoolchildren than statesmen, lobbing slurs at a US president who, to their shock, will return to the White House.

“This behaviour now looks not only unprofessional but damaging to the UK’s standing, forcing the country as a whole to share in Labour’s embarrassment, whether the rest of us agree or not with their intemperate comments about the President-elect.”

Such remarks revealed “a startling lack of foresight and a dangerous disregard for realpolitik”, Mr Sacerdoti warned.

He added: “Labour’s leaders appeared sure they wouldn’t want to have interaction with Trump, maybe as a result of they believed they’d by no means maintain energy – or that Trump would by no means return to it.

“This error demonstrates how naive and insignificant British influence has become in Labour’s hands. Instead of positioning the UK to work alongside powerful forces shaping global events, Labour has placed Britain on the sidelines of major geopolitical trends.

“Their brashly expressed opinions are a legal responsibility, having positioned the UK as dismissive fairly than influential.”

Thanks to its personal “misjudgments”, the Government would discover itself “marginalised”, Mr Sacerdoti continued.

He burdened: “Labour’s words have not only weakened the UK’s influence on the world stage; they’ve ensured it will be neither respected nor heeded by an administration that values loyalty and decisiveness over empty rhetoric.”

It was a really totally different story when it got here to Mr Farage, Mr Sacerdoti identified.

He stated: “While Labour’s leaders scramble to mend relations and downplay past remarks, Farage’s loyalty has only solidified his relevance in this political moment.

“He was one of many few UK political figures who overtly supported Trump from the start, but in addition displayed much more diplomatic frequent sense than the Labour frontbenchers, having stated earlier than the election outcome that Trump ought to settle for defeat if he misplaced decisively to Harris.”

Despite some on-line chatter on the contrary, Mr Sacerdoti stated he didn’t imagine Mr Farage would find yourself Britain’s ambassador to the US.

However, he added: “It’s embarrassing that the leader of a fringe party in the UK Parliament has shown himself to be more considered in his words about the next US President than the actual Foreign Secretary or Health Secretary.”

Sir Keir is attempting to construct bridges with Mr Trump after the Republican’s marketing campaign filed a authorized grievance about Labour activists backing rival Kamala Harris.

Sir Keir congratulated Mr Trump on his “historic victory” after US voters returned him to the White House, Downing Street stated.

His official spokesman defined:”The Prime Minister offered his hearty congratulations and said he looked forward to working closely with President-elect Trump across all areas of the special relationship.”

Mr Farage in the meantime described Mr Trump as a “genuine friend of the United Kingdom”, urging the PM to “roll out the pink carpet”.

He stated: “This is a huge opportunity to be grasped.”