Donald Trump offers his backing to Boris Johnson to become PM
(The Guardian United States)

US president says Conservative party leadership frontrunner will `straighten out´ BrexitDonald Trump has offered his backing to Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to become the UK´s prime minister next week, saying he will succeed in pushing through Brexit.The US president, who has been heavily critical of Theresa May´s attempts to reach a withdrawal deal, has previously sought to align his own populist politics with the UK´s vote to leave the EU, for which Johnson was a leading campaigner. Continue reading...