Trump hails Boris Johnson as ‘right man for the time’ but repeats call for election pact with Nigel Farage
DONALD Trump has hailed Boris Johnson as the “right man for the time” in ringing endorsement of the PM in Washington.
The President was stepping off Marine One on the White House lawn when he lavished praise on the Tory leader, but repeated his call for him and Nigel Farage to work together.
He told reporters: “I like them both. Look, I think Boris is the right man for the time. He’s really for the times, he’s a great gentleman, he’s a wonderful guy, he’s tough, he’s smart and I think he’s going to do something.
“I just hope he does it so the US, which is by far the biggest economy in the world, not even close, since I took office we’ve picked up trillions of dollars, trillions, and frankly China has lost trillions of dollars as you very well know.
“We are far and away the biggest economy in the world and if you do it a certain way we’re prohibited from trading with the UK.
“That would be very bad for the UK because we can do much more business than the European Union.
“So I think Boris will get it right. They’re both friends of mine, what I would like to see is for Nigel and Boris to come together. I think that’s a possibility.”
The president made the comments as he was stepping off the chopper having returned from a trip to watch the UFC in New York City.
Earlier this week in an interview on LBC with Nigel Farage, the US president tore into the Labour leader, while praising Boris Johnson as a “fantastic guy”.
His comments came after Corbyn repeated claims Boris will sell off the NHS to the president if he gets re-elected at the December 12 general election.
He made the statement despite Boris repeatedly saying the NHS is “not for sale” in any trade deal, and recently announcing a £200million funding boost.
Trump also rubbished the claims, telling LBC: “We wouldn’t even be involved in it, we’re trying to fix our own health service.
“It’s not for us to have anything to do with your health service. We’re just talking about trade”.
Farage today announced he would not be running for parliament in this General Election.
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Catherine Blaiklock told the charismatic leader to re-think his threat to stage a “kamikaze” election battle with Tories.
She warned his threat to fight every seat unless the PM agrees a non-aggression pact will rob him of votes, hand power to Jeremy Corbyn and halt Brexit.