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Trump says Johnson would do ‘great job’ as British PM

Johnson is tipped to replace Theresa May as prime minister next week, when the results of a postal ballot by the governing Conservative Party are revealed.

By AFP
July 19, 2019

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Friday that Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to be Britain´s next prime minister, would do a "great job" in the post after the pair had a telephonic conversation.

"I like him," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "I spoke to him yesterday."

"He is going to do a great job," the Republican president added. "We get along well."

Johnson is tipped to replace Theresa May as prime minister next week, when the results of a postal ballot by the governing Conservative Party are revealed.