Why not even ‘Trump whisperer’ Starmer can save BBC from US President’s wrath
- Posted on December 16, 2025
- By The Independent
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Why not even ‘Trump whisperer’ Starmer can save BBC from US President’s wrath

Keir Starmer has earned a reputation as a ‘Trump whisperer’ with international peers but the BBC scandal has shown the hard limits of his influence, writes political editor David Maddox