--- title: Trump Called a 'Neo-Nazi-Sympathizer' By U.K. Lawmaker description: In 2018, David Lammy wrote an article for TIME about why he was protesting Trump's visit to the U.K. His comments have since resurfaced. canonical: https://time.com/7000035/uk-foreign-secretary-david-lammy-donald-trump-neo-nazi-comments/ author: Olivia-Anne Cleary article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-07-18T11:42:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:52:11.494Z article:section: Politics og:title: U.K. Foreign Secretary Addresses Calling Trump a 'Sociopath' og:description: Remarks David Lammy made about Trump in 2018 have since resurfaced. og:url: https://time.com/7000035/uk-foreign-secretary-david-lammy-donald-trump-neo-nazi-comments/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0007bc0a6d19210d/698a58e8011682c3bf986030/Untitled-design-6.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: David Lammy, Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.K. Foreign Secretary Addresses Calling Trump a 'Sociopath' twitter:description: Remarks David Lammy made about Trump in 2018 have since resurfaced. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0007bc0a6d19210d/698a58e8011682c3bf986030/Untitled-design-6.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # U.K. Foreign Secretary Addresses Calling Trump a 'Neo-Nazi-Sympathizing Sociopath' > Sponsored content. 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U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy has addressed statements he made about Donald Trump back in 2018. Lammy: Neil Hall—Getty Images, Trump: Al Drago—Getty Images  by [Olivia-Anne Cleary](https://time.com/author/olivia-anne-cleary/)  ## Olivia-Anne Cleary Cleary is an editor at TIME, based in the London bureau. Jul 18, 2024 11:42 AM UTC David Lammy became the U.K. Foreign Secretary earlier this month after the Labour Party defeated the Conservative Party in the July 4 general election. Lammy had previously served as the Shadow Foreign Secretary since 2021, and held various positions prior to that, having been elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party in 2000. In 2018, Lammy penned an Ideas article for TIME magazine titled “[I’m a British Lawmaker. Here’s Why I’m Protesting Trump’s Visit to the U.K.](https://time.com/5333087/david-lammy-trump-uk-visit/)” Within the piece, he referred to Trump, the then-President of the United States, as “a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathizing sociopath.” Lammy went on to argue that Trump “is also a profound threat to the international order that has been the foundation of Western progress for so long.” Lammy was asked about his former comments regarding Trump during a televised interview on Thursday morning with Sky News. The U.K. network’s journalist Kay Burley asked Lammy: “Apparently you called him \[Trump\] a ‘neo-Nazi sociopath’ and a ‘tyrant in a toupee.’ Do you stand by those comments?” In response, Lammy said: “Kay, you are going to struggle to find any politician who didn’t have things to say about Donald Trump back in the day. But today I’m standing here as the U.K. Foreign Secretary, you know that I’ve been to Washington’s D.C. eight times since becoming Shadow Foreign Secretary and now \[the\] Foreign Secretary. I meet with Republicans and Democrats, many close to Trump, and we will work with whomever the United States choose to put in the White House and become their next President.” **Read More**: [_Trump Makes Public Plea After Surviving Assassination Attempt at Rally_](https://time.com/6998329/donald-trump-public-plea-after-assassination-attempt-rally-shooting/) With the Labour government now in power in the U.K., and former President Donald Trump campaigning as the Republican candidate for the U.S. 2024 elections, there is a chance the two politicians may well end up working together in some capacity.  Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance, attends the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Win McNamee—Getty Images In the same Sky News interview, Lammy was asked about his thoughts on Trump’s vice presidential pick, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, who last week claimed that the U.K. could become the first “[truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon.](https://www.google.com/search?sca%5Fesv=7bc1010235894032&sca%5Fupv=1&rlz=1C5GCEM%5FenGB1074GB1074&q=that+the+UK+could+become+the+first+%E2%80%9Ctruly+Islamist+country+that+will+get+a+nuclear+weapon%E2%80%9D&tbm=vid&source=lnms&fbs=AEQNm0Aa4sjWe7Rqy32pFwRj0UkWtG%5FmNb-HwafvV8cKK%5Fh1a5eSkyfXNgRC6a9SKsMT7FK8R6iXJCglfAi7yv12Ray%5Fi7B-xAAnJNxZybmEOGLxk3RaZkfd3BQG4kdseZ8aGJS-ycepdQ3bCdCsf25ZQqZc8G7hvdTAj5CZxQ2uCZoCrny8C8EsykWffZq1tpNuKEX-Gitk&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiShrbUtLCHAxWAQUEAHYX7AYAQ0pQJegQIFBAB&biw=1512&bih=746&dpr=2#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:fedea8ca,vid:tMqGEOe31cQ,st:0)” Responding to Vance’s remarks, Lammy said: “I don’t recognize those comments. We got votes in the election from all corners of the country and all sorts of people.” **Read More**: [_Here's What We Know About Trump Vice President Pick J.D. Vance’s Net Worth_](https://time.com/6999522/jd-vance-net-worth-estimations-trump-vice-president-pick-background/) Lammy went on to say that he has been able to find “common ground” with Vance, who he has previously met. “We’re both from poor backgrounds, both suffered from addiction issues in our family, which we've written about, both of us Christians. And now I've met him on a few occasions, and we have been able to find common ground and get on.” Vance famously chronicled his upbringing in his 2016 critically-acclaimed memoir titled _Hillbilly Elegy._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7000035/uk-foreign-secretary-david-lammy-donald-trump-neo-nazi-comments/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7000035/uk-foreign-secretary-david-lammy-donald-trump-neo-nazi-comments/"},"headline":"U.K. Foreign Secretary Addresses Calling Trump a 'Neo-Nazi-Sympathizing Sociopath'","datePublished":"2024-07-18T11:42:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:52:11.494Z","description":"In 2018, David Lammy wrote an Ideas article for TIME about why he was protesting Trump's visit to the U.K. His comments have since resurfaced.","url":"https://time.com/7000035/uk-foreign-secretary-david-lammy-donald-trump-neo-nazi-comments/","keywords":["Donald Trump","News Desk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0007bc0a6d19210d/698a58e8011682c3bf986030/Untitled-design-6.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia-Anne Cleary","jobTitle":"Cleary is an editor at TIME, based in the London bureau.","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-anne-cleary/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0007bc0a6d19210d/698a58e8011682c3bf986030/Untitled-design-6.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"David Lammy, Donald Trump","caption":"David Lammy, Donald Trump","creditText":"Lammy: Neil Hall—Getty Images, Trump: Al Drago—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7000035/uk-foreign-secretary-david-lammy-donald-trump-neo-nazi-comments/","name":"U.K. Foreign Secretary Addresses Calling Trump a 'Neo-Nazi-Sympathizing Sociopath'"}}]}] ```