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Related: About this forumBoris Johnson has canceled his planned trip to the White House after Trump's 'apoplectic' fury
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has canceled a trip to the US planned for next month after a furious phone call from President Donald Trump in which Trump slammed down the phone on the prime minister.
Johnson had been due to visit Washington last month but repeatedly delayed the trip after a series of rows with the president over Iran, Huawei, and a rejected request by the prime minister to extradite the wife of a US diplomat.
The disagreements culminated in a phone call last month in which Trump hung up on Johnson, according to officials with knowledge of the conversation.
Johnson has now canceled his trip altogether, and is not planning on visiting the country until the G7 summit in June.
At: https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-cancels-visit-donald-trump-slammed-phone-down-apoplectic-2020-2
Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson: A perfect call?
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)sandensea
(21,624 posts)Looks like Bannon's hopes of a tight alliance between the Bleachjob Boys, won't be panning out after all.
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)hot2na
(357 posts)When the likes of F***ing Boris Johnson start owning Trump.
sandensea
(21,624 posts)It doesn't matter how right-wing, upscale, and positively British you are.
He only respects money and power - and pee tapes.
johnthewoodworker
(694 posts)sandensea
(21,624 posts)llmart
(15,536 posts)Which makes me wonder if Malaria ever denied him you-know-what and what he would have done to her if she did. You know, the abusive husband trademark.
As an aside, what has our world become when these two ugly beasts are in charge of two powerful world governments?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,921 posts)Alienating our allies one at a time.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)mwb970
(11,358 posts)Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,339 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)The Prince of Wails
sandensea
(21,624 posts)
"That was jolly good, wasn't it Charles!" "Quite so, mum."
bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)and it's very apropos, every time he goes off on this self-pity-everyone's-out-to-get-me-witch-hunt angry rant, Trump should be labeled as such!!
#PrinceOfWails
sandensea
(21,624 posts)It's perfect. Roll with it!
DFW
(54,349 posts)Our president is not, repeat, IS NOT, despite all appearances, a tangerine.
How do we know?
A tangerine is smarter. Emotionally more stable, too.
marble falls
(57,077 posts)sandensea
(21,624 posts)Johnson didn't say what, exactly, came out of the orange mouth - but I bet you dollars to donuts it included screaming threats to "nuke London" or whatnot.
Which figures - because I always hear "let's nuke" this city or that from Rethugs, whenever there's an even minor tiff with some foreign leader.
That's all they know to say.
liberalla
(9,238 posts)sandensea
(21,624 posts)Cheeto is trying to bar them from introducing 5G to the global telecom market - presumably at the behest of U.S. telecom CEOs (who regularly meet with him at Bribe-a-Lago).
As you know, he even had the Canadians arrest the Huawei CEO's daughter on trumped up charges (pun intended).
The U.K. has no such objections, and recently approved Huawei's permit to operate 5G in Britain - a major setback for Cheeto's policy.
But of course, that's how he is: if I can't beat you, I'll cheat you.