US President Donald Trump refrained from giving his view on British politics but did endorse Prime Minister Boris Johnson indirectly as he arrived in the UK for a three-day visit to mark 70 years of the NATO amid the ongoing general election campaign.
I have no thoughts on it. It's going to be a very important election for this great country, but I have no thoughts on it. I could work with anybody, he told reporters at a briefing at the US ambassador's residence in London on Wednesday.
Pressed further on why he was choosing to stay off the election topic, he said: Because I don't want to complicate it. I'll stay out of the election."
"Nobody needs Nato more than France... the US benefits the least. It's a very dangerous statement for them to make. I'm looking at him (Mr Macron) and I'm saying that he needs protection more than anybody and I see him breaking off (from NATO). So I'm a little surprised at that."
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