Starmer to address Trump’s Greenland threats in No 10 press conference – UK politics live

PM to speak to reporters this morning amid crisis over the territory and US president’s tariff threats to those who oppose himHere is an extract from an analysis of the Greenland crisis by Patrick Wintour, the Guardian’s diplomatic editor.Keir Starmer, his fate increasingly tied with Europe, has not yet said if the UK will retaliate, but the benefits of Brexit are rapidly evaporating. His trade agreement with the US, announced with fanfare last year, has not yet been signed. The indefinite postponement risks weakening his position in the Labour party. He has rebuffed those who argue for the UK to join the EU customs union, by saying it would be impossible as it would undermine the UK trade deal with the US. With no trade deal, and an extra 10% blanket tariffs on UK imports, that argument looks threadbare.Moreover in the wider – and perennial – Churchillian choice for the UK between the values of the open sea, represented by the US, and those of Europe, the case for the open sea has bee...