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Andy Burnham, UK Prime Minister, Exchanged Texts With Someone Posing as Trump’s Chief of Staff

Published by New York Times World By Michael D. Shear · 17 August 2026 at 15:32
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Andy Burnham, UK Prime Minister, Exchanged Texts With Someone Posing as Trump’s Chief of Staff
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham messaged briefly with a person impersonating Susie Wiles, a British government official said.

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