GB News star Bev Turner reveals what really happened when she asked the US President about the King of the North

Getting into the Oval Office to throw a question at Donald Trump is not easy, especially for members of the international press whose audiences are not worth votes.

But this week – with the revolving door of No10 about to spin again – I was determined to get in front of the President.

Heading up the GB News Bureau in DC is a huge responsibility, and I was desperate to get the first line out of Trump on the incoming PM, Andy Burnham.

This would be a coup for GB News, whose viewers are worried about our so-called “special relationship”, which has been hanging by a thread after Sir Keir's refusal to support Trump’s attack on Iran militarily.

Washington, DC, is a city built on strong, personal relationships, and having been here for 10 months, I have worked tirelessly to build a valuable contact book.

Having scanned the President’s diary for the week, I spotted my opportunity, and a few emails later, the White House made space for me during the meeting with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte.

I have been in the press pack on several occasions when Trump and Sir Keir stood side-by-side.

I have watched that dynamic intently and cannot wait to do the same when Manchester’s ex-Mayor eventually meets the man who called Sir Keir: “No Winston Churchill."

As a rare interloper in the press pack, Trump looked somewhat surprised to see me, caught my eye, nodded and smiled.

He genuinely loves the UK. He likes talking about Great Britain. He is incredibly proud of his mother’s Scottish roots, and he has firm opinions on where Great Britain has gone wrong.

The US President clearly has a busy inbox, but even I was surprised at how little he knew about the man who is about to run what should be his closest ally.

As usual with Trump, there was no fake, diplomatic platitude about how much he was looking forward to meeting Burnham.


"I don't know anything," he said. "I see that he was, I guess, the mayor of a town.”

I wanted to clarify the detail of Manchester being England’s third major city, but you don’t answer a question that a President hasn’t asked in a room full of politicians.

He went on: "I hear he's extremely liberal, extremely, so that means he probably won't open up the North Sea.”

And when I asked if the US should be first on his list of countries to visit once Burnham is in office, Trump was definitive: “No.”

Burnham is going to have a mountain to climb to get the UK back in Trump’s good books.

It looks as though the President has decided that this Government is too socialist, too left-wing, too liberal.

Perhaps it is – but as I've written previously – I believe they will have more in common on a personal level than they might expect.

I hope I am there to watch the chemistry and ask the questions that GBNews viewers want to hear.