President Donald Trump, famously, has two modes: flattery and hostility. Theresa May had a taste of the latter following Trump’s decision to cancel his trip to the UK. But he has changed mode again for Davos – and is now laying it on thick.
At their press conference today, he told the PM: ‘There was a little bit of a false rumour out there, I just wanted to correct it. We love your country. We have the same ideals and there’s nothing that would happen to you that we wouldn’t be there to fight for you … We’re on the same wavelength in every respect.’
Music to Brexiteer ears. In case there was doubt, he added: ‘I have tremendous respect for the Prime Minister…the feeling is mutual from the standpoint of liking each other a lot.’ He also said that Britain and America are ‘very much joined at the hip’ when it came to the military. All
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