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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey compares Donald Trump to a "mafia boss", saying "surely the prime minister can't send our King to meet a man who treats our country like a mafia boss running a protection racket". The prime minister says the monarchy is a reminder of "bonds" which are "far greater" than disagreements between who is in office. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00President Trump has threatened to rip up his trade deal with the UK as punishment for us not joining his
00:07idiotic war in Iran.
00:09Mr Speaker, this must be the last straw.
00:12Surely the Prime Minister can't send our king to meet a man who treats our country like a mafia boss
00:19running a protection racket.
00:22Can I join him in his comments about Sudan?
00:24We often overlook the fact this is the greatest humanitarian crisis facing the world at the moment.
00:31My position on the Iran war has been clear from the start.
00:35We're not going to get dragged into this war.
00:37It is not our war.
00:40And a lot of pressure has been applied to me to take a different course.
00:44And that pressure included what happened last night.
00:47I'm not going to change my mind.
00:50I'm not going to yield.
00:51It is not in our national interest to join this war.
00:54And we will not do so.
00:56I know where I stand.
00:57Mr Speaker, in relation to the king's visit, the purpose of the visit is to mark the 250th anniversary of
01:06relations and independence, obviously, of the US.
01:09The monarchy is an important reminder of the longstanding bonds and enduring relationship between our two countries,
01:15which are far greater than anyone who occupies any particular office at any particular time.
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