Considering the week that Theresa May has had, it’s perhaps little surprise that Donald Trump was top of the agenda at PMQs.
While May was sure to assert her dedication to the special relationship, MPs were predominantly concerned with her response to Trump’s executive orders on immigration.
The PM did describe his Muslim ban as “divisive and wrong”, but was also quick to dodge any association by saying that she was not personally given any advance warning of Trump’s executive orders. She argued that everyone had an idea of what was to come from Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail.
This wasn’t quite enough for Jeremy Corbyn, who was particularly sassy today in his grilling of May over her stance on Trump.
Good q from Corbyn – 'PM said she would speak frankly to Trump – what happened ? '
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) February 1, 2017
One of Corbyn's stronger performances today at #PMQs
— John Gorle (@JohnGorle) February 1, 2017
May getting a roasting over #MuslimBan at #PMQs
— Lindsay Bruce (@RogueCoder250) February 1, 2017
It wasn’t just Corbyn who was keen to probe May about Trump: other Labour MPs including Jonathan Reynolds made it clear that they thought her response to his executive orders were inadequate.
Labour are now in full anti-America mode. Getting bit ugly. #PMQs
— Richard St Ruth (@RSR108) February 1, 2017
#PMQs Labour takes another prod at May over Trumpismo, it bounces off her
— MichaelWhite (@michaelwhite) February 1, 2017
However, May somehow managed to dodge any kind of definitive answer.
#TheresaTheAppeaser avoiding all opportunities to condemn Trump's hateful actions, yet again. Chooses to tell a joke, yet again. #PMQs
— Lady's Poppi (@dom__mino) February 1, 2017
Theresa May refused 3 times to condemn the #MuslimBan Shows what the Tories think of all of us. #PMQs
— Daniel Blake (@gazmurph) February 1, 2017
However, some people thought that Corbyn wasn’t quite doing enough to get an answer out of the PM. She’s had a tough week, so people thought Corbyn should’ve been running circles around her.
Corbyn is missing a chance to pin May down on the state visit and how rarely they are given to US Presidents #PMQs
— ((Paul Burgin)) (@Paul_Burgin) February 1, 2017
Corbyn is definitely putting May on the defensive today (no surprise) but he's not really gunning hard for her. #PMQs
— Political Scrapbook (@PSbook) February 1, 2017
Feisty #PMQs but I feel @jeremycorbyn questions weren't as inquisitive as they could have been
— Inzy Rashid (@inzyrashid) February 1, 2017
May did deliver quite a good burn to Corbyn when she said: “He can lead a protest. I’m leading a country.”
#TheresaMay slaying at #PMQs at usual ????????
— Tom Nicholas (@tomnicholas81) February 1, 2017
"He can lead a protest. I'm leading a country." PM flays Corbyn alive at #PMQs for the second week running.
— Dylan Sharpe (@dylsharpe) February 1, 2017
But was it enough? Probably not, as people just felt like May wasn’t doing enough to fully answer the question. So despite another half hour of parliamentary chinwagging, May still seems loathe to say anything definitive. Perhaps she’s wary of spoiling the special relationship.