Anonymous ID: 4a0068 May 31, 2019, 3:57 p.m. No.6639903   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9931 >>9953

DONALD Trump today throws his weight behind Boris Johnson to be Britain’s next PM — and reveals other Tory leadership hopefuls have also begged for his backing.

 

The US President spoke glowingly of the ex-Foreign Secretary in a world exclusive interview with The Sun ahead of his three-day state visit to London, starting on Monday.

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9196164/donald-trump-boris-johnson-prime-minister-uk-visit/

 

His intervention — and his other outspoken opinions today — mean his visit is set to be the most controversial by a serving US leader.

 

It was his second interview with The Sun within 12 months, having spoken to us last July ahead of his first visit to Britain in office.

 

Also during the exclusive interview:

 

Donald Trump said Theresa May messed up Brexit by handing EU all the cards

The President said he was surprised Meghan Markle was 'nasty' about him but it's great to have an 'American princess'

Mr Trump said ‘I am really loved in the UK’ despite protests

Mr Trump, 72, also insisted that Boris’s well-known philandering scandals should not halt him from winning.

 

Asked whether he thought Mr Johnson’s extra-marital affairs and love child mattered, the President replied: “Well, it always matters, but I think that it’s certainly not what it was 20 years ago, and not certainly what it was 50 years ago. I think today it matters much less.”