Trump’s meeting with Putin easier than that with May, due to the UK’s ‘turmoil’
Washington/London — US President Donald Trump hasn’t even arrived in Europe, but he’s already making life difficult for Prime Minister Theresa May. He said the UK was in "somewhat turmoil" and thinks meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin — her geopolitical enemy — will be the easiest part of his trip. To make things more uncomfortable for her, the US president had very warm words about Boris Johnson, the UK foreign secretary who resigned on Monday over opposition to May’s plans to leave the EU. He was noticeably less effusive about May. "Boris Johnson’s a friend of mine," he told reporters as he prepared to fly in for a Nato summit, followed by a trip to the UK. "He’s been very, very nice to me. Very supportive. And maybe we’ll speak to him when I get over there. I like Boris Johnson. I’ve always liked him." Asked about May’s troubles and her chances of staying in power, he wasn’t very reassuring: "Well that’s up to the people. I get along with her very well. Have [a] very good r...
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