President Trump backs Boris Johnson in U.K. leadership race before state visit
-- Donald Trump weighed into Britain’s political turmoil by expressing his admiration for Boris Johnson, the pro-Brexit former Foreign Secretary who’s favored to succeed Theresa May as prime minister.
The president’s intervention -- before banqueting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace -- upends the usual diplomatic rules against commenting on allies’ internal political contests. It is potentially embarrassing for May for the president to be speculating in public about who will replace her just a few days before she welcomes him to London, where the pair will hold talks.An endorsement from Trump could also cut both ways. He’s not a popular figure in the U.K.
Trump created a stir last July when he said Johnson would make a great prime minister, shortly after the former London mayor quit as foreign secretary in protest against May’s proposed Brexit deal.In his interview in Saturday’s edition of the British tabloid, the president said that while he liked Johnson -- and the fact “he has been very positive about me” -- his words shouldn’t be construed as a full endorsement.
Leadership hopeful and Home Secretary Sajid Javid joined rivals including Johnson in backing a departure from the EU without any deal at all, if Parliament hasn’t backed one by Oct. 31, the latest deadline, the Conservative-leaning Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday, citing allies of Javid’s.
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