Theresa May has said she believed she could a forge a strong personal relationship with Donald Trump, arguing that “sometimes, opposites attract”, as she set out how post-Brexit Britain could work with his country to shape the world. On Wednesday, Trump had used his first TV interview as president to say he believed torture “absolutely” works and that the US should “fight fire with fire”. The prime minister has arrived in the US with the Trump administration less than a week old and proving to be more chaotic and unpredictable than any in modern US history. May’s visit is the culmination of a series of contacts between London and Washington since Trump won the election in November. It came as the prime minister faced growing pressure to warn Trump that the British government considers his comments about torture to be unacceptable.

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2017 17:51 UTC