'I think he was asking a question, to be fair, that a lot of British reporters would have asked,' the embattled British leader said.
represented yet another blow to Johnson, who has struggled to make any significant headway toward accomplishing Brexit since he took over as prime minister at the end of July. Thus far, Johnson's tenure has been marked by resounding defeats in parliament, as he and his hardline supporters have pushed to force Brexit through at any cost. His efforts have led to his Conservative party losing its majority in parliament, as well as numerous lawmakers resigning from his government.
Although Trump has publicly praised Johnson on multiple occasions, the British leader has also been seen to push back against the president on several issues.about the hardline trade policies of Trump toward China and other nations. "Just to register a faint, sheeplike note of our view on the trade war: we're in favor of trade peace on the whole," the British prime minister said at the time."We think that on the whole, the U.K. has profited massively in the last 200 years from free trade and that's what we want to see. So, that's what we're keen to see. We don't like tariffs on the whole.
Prior to taking over as prime minister, Johnson served as the U.K.'s foreign minister for two years, from July 2016 to July 2018. During that time, Johnson attempted to convince Trump to remain within the Iran nuclear deal. He said in May of 2018 that he'd tried his"utmost" Trump from unilaterally withdrawing, and insisted that the U.K."would not walk away" from the treaty.after Trump's withdrawal from the Iran deal, Johnson and the foreign ministers of the European Union, Germany and France expressed"regret" over the decision."We deeply regret the re-imposition of sanctions by the U.S., due to the latter's withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action," they said at the time.
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