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Trump Insults PM Theresa May During London Visit

<p>President Trump&rsquo&semi;s visit to London this week was marked by his shocking criticism of Prime Minister Theresa May&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;I actually told Theresa May how to do it but she didn&rsquo&semi;t agree&comma; she didn&rsquo&semi;t listen to me&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Trump&comma; referring to Brexit&period; &ldquo&semi;She wanted to go a different route&period; I would actually say that she probably went the opposite way&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trump was a vocal supporter of Brexit who after the results were announced compared the vote to the&nbsp&semi;same populist forces that propelled him to victory in 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His&nbsp&semi;criticism of May comes just one week after Brexit negotiators agreed on a controversial&nbsp&semi;proposal that calls for the UK to continue following EU rules for food and manufactured goods&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson&comma; who resigned earlier this week&comma; described the proposal as a &&num;8220&semi;betrayal&&num;8221&semi; of the vote to leave the EU&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alongside his criticism of May&comma; President Trump told reporters that Johnson would &&num;8220&semi;be a great prime minister&period;&&num;8221&semi; He also criticized London Mayor Sadiq Kahn&comma; saying he had &ldquo&semi;done a very bad job on terrorism&comma;&rdquo&semi; a &ldquo&semi;terrible job in London&comma;&rdquo&semi; and a &ldquo&semi;bad job on crime&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trump&rsquo&semi;s&nbsp&semi;insults couldn&rsquo&semi;t come at a worse time for May&comma; who has been struggling to remain in power since her party lost the majority last June&period; And her stance on Brexit has only made matters worse&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The deal May is striking is a &ldquo&semi;much different deal than the one people voted on&comma;&rdquo&semi; Trump told reporters&period; Such comments will boost&nbsp&semi;May&&num;8217&semi;s Conservative opponents &lpar;who want a cleaner break from the EU&rpar; and will undermine May&rsquo&semi;s claims that she intends to honor the hopes of &ldquo&semi;leave&rdquo&semi; voters&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the insult&comma; May will host Trump at her country estate on Friday&period; The two are expected to discuss a potential trade deal between the US and UK&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;As we prepare to leave the EU&comma; we have an unprecedented opportunity to do more&comma;&rdquo&semi; said May&period; &ldquo&semi;It&rsquo&semi;s an opportunity to reach a free trade agreement that creates jobs and growth here in the UK and right across the US&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Monday&comma; Trump will meet with&nbsp&semi;Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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