Donald Trump thinks he and Andy Burnham are “going to have a very good relationship”

The US president said the UK was “sitting on top of gold”Tom Burnett Content Editor21:32, 03 Aug 2026Updated 21:33, 03 Aug 2026Donald Trump has said he thinks he and Andy Burnham are “going to have a very good relationship” as he again stressed the need for the UK to tackle immigration and open up North Sea oil, claiming Britain was currently “a bankrupt country”.‌The US president said the nation was “sitting on top of gold”, and that in a phone call on his first day in office the Prime Minister had “sounded terrific” on allowing the fossil fuel to be tapped.‌He made his comments after Mr Burnham left the door open for future North Sea drilling and confirmed he told Mr Trump “we can’t ignore” the resources there.‌Click here to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily New