Burnham Takes Manhattan: Trump Praise, Chagos Rebuke, IMF Debt Alarm, and a Budget Crisis Brewing at Home

Donald Trump called Andy Burnham a "natural businessperson" with "lots of assets on his side" at their first face-to-face meeting in New York — then promptly torpedoed the UK's Chagos Islands deal. Trump dismissed the plan to pay Mauritius £9 billion over 99 years to lease back the Diego Garcia military base as "terrible" and "ridiculous." The pair discussed Rolls-Royce, energy, immigration and AI, with Trump insisting...