UK prime minister to admit 'globalization is over' in response to Trump tariffs: report

"The world has changed, globalization is over and we are now in a new era," the prime minister's office said in a statement to the Sunday Times. "We've got to demonstrate that our approach, a more active Labour government, a more reformist government, can provide the answers for people in every part of this country."

While Starmer will still argue that tariffs are wrong, according to the Sunday Times report, the prime minister will also admit that he understands the rationale behind Trump's move and why such policies have become increasingly popular with voters.

"Trump has done something that we don't agree with, but there's a reason why people are behind him on this," the prime minister's office said in the statement.

Meanwhile, the report noted that Trump ally Elon Musk seemingly publicly broke with the president during a video interview for an event in Italy Saturday, saying he hopes, eventually, for a "zero-tariff" solution between the U.S. and Europe one day.

"At the end of the day, I hope it's agreed that both Europe and the United States should move, ideally, in my view, to a zero-tariff situation, effectively creating a free-trade zone between Europe and North America," he said.

Musk also called for there to eventually be more "freedom" of movement between the two continents, an apparent break from Trump's hard line on immigration.

"That's what I hope occurs, and also more freedom of people to move between Europe and North America if they wish," Musk said. "If they wish to work in Europe or wish to work in America, they should be allowed to do so, in my view. So that has certainly been my advice to the president."

The White House did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.