Trump Calls on Friendly Reporter Who Asks British PM If the UK Is ‘Still a Christian Country’
President Donald Trump called on a friendly reporter during a press conference with Prime Minister Keir Starmer as part of his state visit to the United Kingdom on Thursday, who complimented the American president on being a “proud Christian leader.”
Bev Turner with GB News then asked Starmer, “Having been in DC for a few weeks, it’s really interesting to see how you run the country as a proud Christian leader. And it really begs the question to the prime minister, if you don’t mind, are we still a Christian country?”
“Yeah. Look, I mean, in terms of a Christian country, I was christened. So, that is my church, has been all my life,” Starmer began. “And we are, you know, that is wired into our informal constitution. Of course, we celebrate many other faiths as well. And I’m really proud that we’re able to do so as a country.”
Turner also asked about free speech rights in the U.K.
“We still have 12,000 people a year here being arrested for social media posts for free speech violations. Does that not remain an important area that there is still a lot of disagreement on?” she asked.
Starmer answered, “On free speech, that has long lived in this country. Free speech — It’s one of the founding values of the United Kingdom, and we protect it jealously and fiercely, and always will. And we will bear down on any limits on free speech.”
Starmer then explained what he considered speech outside the umbrella of protection.
“I draw a limit between free speech and the speech of those that want to peddle pedophilia and suicide — social media to children, and therefore I’m all for free speech. I’m also for protecting children from things that will harm them. Pedophiles, those that peddle suicide, which had a terrible consequence for individuals, particularly teenagers. And so that’s the balance we strike. But we have had freedom of speech in this country for a very long time, and we will always protect it.”
Watch the clip above via MSNBC.
