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US President Donald Trump is ruffling feathers in Britain even before he arrives there for a state visit on Monday.
He waded into Britain’s tumultuous politics and called comments made in the past by Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, “nasty”.
Stung by Trump’s virtual endorsement of wannabe prime minister Boris Johnson, opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn slammed the president for “unacceptable interference” in British affairs.
“The next prime minister should be chosen not by the US president … but by the British people in a general election,” said Labour Party leader Corbyn, who is boycotting a state dinner for Trump.
Trump broke precedent by publicly backing right-winger Johnson, who is battling a crowded field of Conservative party rivals to replace Theresa May, who was forced to resign for botching Brexit.
“I think Boris would do a very good job. I think he would be excellent,” Trump said.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, the president urged Britain to name Nigel Farage, a flamboyant and popular advocate for leaving the European Union, to negotiate a final Brexit agreement.
Trump said the UK should refuse to pay the £39 billion (US$49 billion) settlement to cover commitments to the EU and walk away unless it gets “a fair deal,” The Sunday Times said.
“I like Nigel a lot,” Trump said.
“He has a lot to offer.”
UK leadership race: can Hong Kong-born Rory Stewart beat US-born Boris Johnson?
Farage, who separately told the UK’s Daily Express newspaper that May’s office had banned him from meeting Trump, may end up seeing the president.
Trump and Farage share an anti-globalist stance, a populist turn of phrase and recent electoral success, and they have championed each other.

May is stepping down on June 7 after failing to win parliamentary support for her withdrawal agreement with the EU.
Officials in Brussels have repeatedly said the agreement won’t be renegotiated.
Trump also urged Britain to be “very careful” about involving Chinese tech giant Huawei in its new 5G network.
Donald Trump keeps Queen Elizabeth standing in heat as she waits for him to arrive at Windsor Castle
Asked about reports that Britain is planning to give the firm a limited role, Trump told The Sunday Times: “Well, you have other alternatives and we have to be very careful from the standpoint of national security.”
The US has long voiced suspicions that Huawei is controlled by the Chinese government and thus a global security threat – charges strongly denied by the firm and by Beijing.




Trump also couldn’t resist tossing a barb at Meghan Markle, the American actress who just gave birth to Britain’s newest royal baby, Archie.
“I didn’t know she was that nasty,” said Trump when told about Markle had called him “misogynistic” and “divisive” during his 2016 campaign.
Trump had previously used the word to describe his Democratic opponent during the 2016 campaign, calling Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman” – words that later became a rallying cry for the anti-Trump movement.
But this time, Trump refrained from provoking a full-blown spat, quickly emphasising in the same interview with The Sun that “I am sure she will do excellently” as a duchess.
Meghan, who is still on maternity leave, and Trump will not meet during the president’s visit.
Instead, Meghan’s husband Prince Harry, will meet Trump along with Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, and their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.

Trump will meet with the lame-duck May and preside over ceremonies marking the anniversary of D-Day during the three-day jaunt.
The president is likely to also be met by thousands of protesters.
He is extremely unpopular in Britain – a YouGov poll taken May 19 and 20 found 63 per cent of Britons says he is a poor or terrible president.
Tribune News Service, Bloomberg, Agence France-Presse, The Washington Post


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Who’s nasty? UK-bound Donald Trump backs Brexit leaders, warns on Huawei, blasts Meghan Markle before he arrives

US President Donald Trump arrives in Britain on Monday for a state visit at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth before attending second world war commemorations in France and visiting Ireland. File photo: Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators float a blimp portraying U.S. President Donald Trump, behind a red tourist bus in Parliament Square, during the visit by Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in London, Britain July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: Leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage, arrives at a party's news conference following the results of the European Parliament elections, in London, Britain May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls - RC1C639DD850/File Photo

(190601) -- BEIJING, June 1, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R), and his wife Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, pose for a photo with their son in St George's Hall at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain, on May 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

UK leadership race: can Hong Kong-born Rory Stewart beat US-born Boris Johnson?

Former British foreign secretary Boris Johnson (left) and Britain's International Development Secretary Rory Stewart (right). Photo: EPA/ AFP

epa07589271 Britain's Secretary of State for International Development, Rory Stewart arrives for a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, Britain, 21 May 2019. Media reports on 21 May 2019 state that following the Cabinet meeting ministers have agreed to Theresa May's plan for her Withdrawal Agreement Bill, including compromises intended to attract the support of Labour Memebers of Parliament and which will be put to Parliament in early June. EPA-EFE/VICKIE FLORES

Brian Stewart CMG (27 April 1922 – 16 August 2015) was a British soldier, colonial official, diplomat and the second-most senior officer in the British Secret Intelligence Service. He was based in Hong Kong and China.

Donald Trump keeps Queen Elizabeth standing in heat as she waits for him to arrive at Windsor Castle

‘For so many years she has represented her country, she has really never made a mistake. You don’t see, like, anything embarrassing,’ Trump said

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II speaks to first lady Melania Trump, as U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as they stand on the dais in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Friday, July 13, 2018.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) and US President Donald Trump (L) inspect the guard of honour formed of the Coldstream Guards during a welcome ceremony at Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on July 13, 2018 on the second day of Trump's UK visit. US President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary attack on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy, plunging the transatlantic "special relationship" to a new low as they prepared to meet Friday on the second day of his tumultuous trip to Britain. / Getty Images / POOL / Chris Jackson

Queen Elizabeth II with US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump in the Grand Corridor of Windsor Castle on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Steve Bannon says Brexiteer ‘friend’ Nigel Farage in the running to be UK prime minister

Steve Bannon: ‘I congratulated him on a stunning victory’. Photo: AFP

***PLEASE CLEAR THE COPYRIGHTS BEFORE REUSE*** Donald Trump meets with Nigel Farage in his office. Twitter

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage arrives at the party's HQ, prior to an event to mark the gains his party made in the European Elections, in London, Monday, May 27, 2019. In results announced Monday for all regions of the U.K. except Northern Ireland, the Brexit Party had won 29 of the 73 British EU seats up for grabs and almost a third of the votes. (AP Photo/Vudi Xhymshiti)

Nigel Farage conceded that he does ‘not yet’ have a policy beyond Brexit. Photo: EPA

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