The intervention comes after Mr. Trump used another newspaper interview to declare that former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson would be an “excellent” replacement for Ms. May. ‘I wouldn’t pay’Mr. Trump embarrassed Ms. May with outspoken remarks on Brexit during his visit to Britain in 2018. But Mr. Trump said: “If I were them I wouldn’t pay $50 billion. Mr. Trump said he believed Mr. Farage should play a role in negotiating Brexit with the European Union, saying he had a “lot to offer”. Her own Conservative MPs had blocked the deal because they feared it would leave Britain too closely tied to the EU.

Source: The Hindu June 02, 2019 12:00 UTC