Key facts
- U.S. President Donald Trump described Andy Burnham, the expected next prime minister of the United Kingdom, as 'extremely liberal.'
- Trump suggested Burnham would likely not open the North Sea to more oil drilling.
- Trump made the comments during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
- Trump previously advised Keir Starmer to open up the North Sea for oil exploration.
U.S. President Donald Trump has described Andy Burnham, the frontrunner to replace Keir Starmer as the UK's incoming leader, as 'extremely liberal.' Trump suggested that Burnham would likely not support opening up the North Sea for oil exploration, a policy Trump had previously advised Starmer to pursue. These remarks were made during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Washington. Burnham has previously criticized Trump's politics, calling American politics 'polarized' and 'poisonous.'