00:00UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he will always put Britain's interests first.
00:06He made comments in a BBC interview when asked whether he would be willing to challenge US President Donald Trump
00:14if he believed it was the right thing to do.
00:17Do you think that you can trust Donald Trump?
00:21I've had one phone call and it was a good exchange.
00:24I always will see, judge people as I find them.
00:28I've lived my whole life by that and I found him to be really warm on Monday.
00:37But obviously we will continue to build the relationship as we go forward.
00:41But as things stand, you're not sure at this stage that you can place your trust in him as a
00:45fellow loser.
00:45It's a changing world, isn't it?
00:47And you just have to obviously call things as they develop.
00:51And I can't at any point say that I won't take a different opinion from him.
00:58So you'd be willing to call Donald Trump out if you think that's the right thing?
01:02Of course. All leaders have to do that.
01:06You have to defend your own national interests before anything else.
01:11I will always put Britain's interests first.
01:15Burnham's predecessor, Keir Starmer, had a tense relationship with Trump over a range of issues,
01:20including the US-Israel war on Iran, immigration, energy and tech regulation.
01:25Trump had initially described Burnham as extremely liberal.
01:29But this week, the US president said he had a very good conversation with Britain's new prime minister,
01:35who became the country's seventh leader in a decade last Monday.
