Andy Burnham meets Trump: US President says he wants to rename artificial intelligence

Mirror Political Editor Lizzy Buchan writes in from New York…

Andy Burnham is gearing up for his biggest test yet on the world stage – a prime time sit down with Donald Trump.

But the Prime Minister seemed relaxed and ready last night for his foray into the lions den with the US President.

On the plane from London last night, he endured a 40-minute grilling from journalists on everything from the US relationship to the Budget but still joked that he was disappointed no one had asked him about TV star’s Danny Dyer’s rant about him.

This trip is a marked contrast from the last time I watched a PM meet the mercurial US President.

Tensions were sky high when Keir Starmer travelled to meet Trump in the Oval Office last year.

The PM and his team were calm but steely, using all their time to prepare for every possible grenade the US President could lob their way. In the end, Starmer pulled off his charm offensive but the whole trip felt extremely high stakes.

Burnham is a different kind of politician. He seems to enjoy the job of PM in a way that Starmer never did, taking this sort of test in his stride.

He will be well prepared for whatever Trump throws at him – but his team seem quietly confident that he can charm Trump enough to get through it unscathed.

We’ll know soon enough if his strategy works.