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Donald Trump has often made his feelings about other world leaders well known, whether that be on Twitter or by speaking to reporters.Here is some of what he has had to say about British politicians and other figures since he won his place in the White House.After the president shared a number of videos from far-right group Britain First on social media in November 2017, the then-prime minister’s spokesman said it was “wrong for the president to have done this”.The president responded by tweeting about Ms May: “Don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!”Mr Trump was highly critical of Ms May’s handling of Brexit negotiations, and more sour words were exchanged when British ambassador to the US Sir Kim Darroch resigned over leaked diplomatic messages critical of the White House in July 2019.Your daily US politics newsletterSign upAlready have an account? Log in hereHe tweeted: “I have been very critical about the way the UK and Theresa May handled Brexit. What a mess she and her representatives have created.“I told her how it should be done, but she decided to go another way. I do not know the Ambassador, but he is not liked or well thought of within the US. We will no longer deal with him.“The good news for the wonderful United Kingdom is that they will soon have a new prime minister.”He added the next day: “I told theresa-may how to do that deal, but she went her own foolish way-was unable to get it done. A disaster!”However, when Ms May was forced to set out a timetable to exit No 10, Mr Trump called her “a good woman, she worked very hard, she’s very strong”. More

Donald Trump has thanked Boris Johnson after leaked meeting notes show the prime minister told US diplomats the president was “making America great again”.
The summaries of meetings between American and British politicians were first published in The Daily Telegraph and date back to when Mr Johnson was foreign secretary under Theresa May in 2017.Written by US officials, the meeting notes claim Mr Johnson praised Mr Trump to the US Ambassador to the UK, saying he was doing “fantastic” work on foreign policy.In a tweet quoting a news article about the revelations, Mr Trump said: “Thank you Boris, working great together!”According to the leaked documents, Mr Johnson specifically praised the president’s interventions around North Korea, Syria and China.
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