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According to The Telegraph, President Trump is said to have asked other world leaders what they thought of May. He also told German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron that May “made a mistake in calling general elections in 2017, causing the Conservatives to lose the majority of seats in parliament.”
According to leaked documents of meetings and phone calls between the two leaders of the US and the United Kingdom, The Telegraph said that President Trump often ignored the topics of discussion, rather than “lengthy monologues.” “It’s hard to put in a single word,” said a former May adviser on how Trump talks.
A Washington official, after listening to a phone call between President Trump and May, revealed that the former prime minister was so disappointed that at one point he thought she “wanted to scream or cry.” The two leaders at the time discussed possible measures against Russia following the poisoning of Soviet spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, UK in 2018.
President Trump and Ms. May at a press conference in July 2018. Photo: AP
Ms May urged President Trump to lead the global action against Russia. However, she replied, “No, I want to continue rather than lead.” The American leader also wants to make a concerted effort to punish the Kremlin.
He said, “No, we all have to do it together. Germany has to do something. They all have to form an alliance. I’m not ready to let the United States go first and then let the others do nothing.” Germany has to do something. “
The Telegraph added that President Trump even canceled a phone call with May after advisers told him that she wanted to oppose the decision to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
British negotiator David Frost. Photo: AP
In another development, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on September 6 that his country could abandon post-Brexit trade talks with the European Union “in the coming weeks.” He noted that the agreement can only be reached if EU negotiators “reconsider their current positions.”
For its part, the EU accused the UK of “not negotiating seriously”. British negotiator David Frost and his EU counterpart Michel Barnier will meet in London from 8 September for the eighth round of negotiations.
Last week, Barnier said he was “concerned and frustrated” by the stalemate in the negotiations, while the UK “was not constructive.” The key points are the ability of European vessels to access British fishing waters and state aid to industries. The EU wants to ensure a level playing field so that British companies cannot undermine environmental standards or inject wages into the kingdom’s industries.
The UK left the EU (currently 27 members) on January 31, 2020, after the referendum took place some three and a half years earlier. The EU wants to reach a post-Brexit deal before November, but Prime Minister Johnson announced that he would either reach a deal before October 15 or that his country would end the negotiations.
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