US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) said he had held his first conversation with Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, with the two leaders discussing a range of bilateral and international issues, including trade, the military alliance and the demining of the Strait of Hormuz.

Sharing details of the call on Truth Social, Trump described the conversation as productive and said he and Burnham would meet in the near future to discuss matters of mutual interest. He also expressed confidence in the new British Prime Minister’s leadership and pledged continued US support.

Trump Says Leaders Discussed Wide Range of Issues

Calling the exchange a “very good conversation”, Trump highlighted the longstanding ties between the United States and the United Kingdom and said the relationship would remain strong under Burnham’s leadership.

“I had a very good conversation with the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Andy Burnham. We discussed many subjects, including the outstanding relationship we have had with the UK. We will be meeting in the not too distant future for topics of mutual interest. The Prime Minister has got a big job ahead of him, but he will be able to do it and, of course, the U.S.A. will be there to help!” Trump wrote.

He added that the discussion covered “North Sea Oil, Trade, the Military Alliance, Demining of the Hormuz Strait, and many other topics”, describing the call as “interesting” and saying it “went very well”. Trump concluded his message by wishing Burnham “good luck and godspeed”.

Burnham Assumes Office as Britain’s New Prime Minister

Andy Burnham became Britain’s 59th Prime Minister on Monday after Keir Starmer tendered his resignation at Buckingham Palace. The Labour leader is the United Kingdom’s seventh prime minister in a decade.

Following his appointment, the 56-year-old arrived at 10 Downing Street with his wife, Marie-France van Heel, where he delivered his first address, acknowledging public frustration with politics and promising to restore confidence in government.

“Britain needs to show the world that we can regain our stability once again, and that is our challenge to make politics work, to make it work better. I know people at home are fed up with politics,” Burnham said.

Burnham Promises Political and Economic Reforms

In his inaugural speech, Burnham called for a break from the political and economic model that has shaped Britain since the 1980s, arguing that excessive centralisation had left many parts of the country behind.

“A new political model and a new economic model. In the 1980s Britain took some wrong turns,” Burnham said.

“Political power was centralised, economic power privatised, large parts of the country industrialised and they still haven’t recovered… And that’s why we will change politics, to make it more collaborative, more about problem solving than point scoring.”

Burnham also pledged to devolve greater authority across the country, saying his government would “take power out of here and carry it into every postcode in the land”. He said the aim was to build a new economic model that places “life’s essentials” under stronger public control to keep them affordable.

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