Don and dusted

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Trump told Fox News last night that he had discussed trade on the trip ... but with the king at the state dinner.
61% : Meanwhile, Reeves is heading to a summit of EU finance ministers in Denmark today. DEPUTY LEADERSHIP LATEST:
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58% : Public sector finance stats for August.
56% : The New Statesman Podcast: Journalist Ross Barkan talks with host Megan Gibson about another American, besides Trump, grabbing political attention: Zohran Mamdani. LONDON CALLING WESTMINSTER WEATHER: Sunny for most of the day with some early morning clouds.
49% : Cities of London and Westminster MP Rachel Blake ... former Home Secretary Charles Clarke ...
48% : "President Trump will always do what is right for America."
47% : She looks at the questions (and dangers) still hanging over Trump and Starmer, now that we've used our ultimate trump card.
47% : EU Confidential: Former European Commission Vice President Věra Jourová looks back on a decade in Brussels with host Sarah Wheaton.
46% : Donald Trump is safely home, and Whitehall will breathe a sigh of relief that his state visit went off without a load of those bear traps snapping shut.
43% : Thanks to No. 10's tight management of the number of hacks allowed to ask questions, we didn't get to see if Starmer agrees with that assessment while standing next to Trump.
40% : Yerr, but: They also hear from a senior Labour MP who predicts that whether to sanction Israel is the next big clash in the party ... while Playbook reported Thursday that Labour MPs were keen to see Starmer put pressure on Trump to do more to end the war, given his position as the biggest influence on Benjamin Netanyahu.
39% : The Independent: Trump tells PM: Use the military to stop the boats.
38% : Trump also declined to approve more than $400 million in U.S. military aid to Taiwan this summer, the Washington Post reports ... just as he negotiates a trade deal with China.
36% : The i Paper: Trump urges Starmer: use military to stop migrant boats.
35% : "We're working on a trade deal with the U.K. which is going to be a great deal for both," Trump said.
34% : " The Guardian: Use the military to stop Channel crossings, Trump tells Starmer.
33% : SPY CASE COLLAPSE: Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson blamed the collapse of the Chinese espionage in parliament case on an "evidential failure," the Times' Fiona Hamilton reports.
32% : Daily Express: Keir given some home truths by Donald. Daily Mail: Trump shows PM who's boss.
27% : But but but: You could argue the best way to measure whether all the pomp, prep and sucking-up was worth it is to look at the issues where Trump and Starmer are some distance apart -- e.g. foreign policy and trade tariffs -- and see if the visit brought their positions closer.
26% : But they'll also face questions about areas where the state of play just didn't really move, along with the pair's "few disagreements" (to quote Trump himself) -- even if these generally didn't boil over at Thursday's Chequers presser.
26% : Trump evaded questions about what he plans to do since Putin has let him down so much.
23% : Officials might not be able to resist watching the clip of Trump giving the PM a hefty pat on the back for his condemnation of Hamas.
23% : Financial Times: 'Call out the military' to stop illegal immigrants, Trump urges Starmer.
19% : Trump might have opted against humiliating Starmer over their differences like he once did Theresa May ...
8% : Trump's decision to express only polite disagreement with recognizing a Palestine state meant no political row for now, in a moment of relief for No. 10 -- especially considering multiple hacks from both the U.S. and U.K. tried to needle Trump into openly criticizing Starmer.

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