Boris Johnson has called on European leaders to end the “doom and gloom” about Donald Trump’s election victory and see the US president-elect as someone with whom they can build closer ties. Speaking after a phone conversation with the vice-president-elect, Mike Pence, the British foreign secretary described Trump as “a deal maker” and called for an end to the “collective whinge-o-rama” which followed Hillary Clinton’s defeat. Trump “alluded to their relationship as a way to underline that he was keen to have a good personal working relationship too”, the source said. He wants to do a free trade deal with the UK,” Johnson told reporters. In an interview with TalkRadio recorded before he was due to fly to the US, Farage joked about the idea of Trump sexually assaulting May.

Source: The Guardian November 11, 2016 12:50 UTC