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Donald Trump has invited Boris Johnson to celebrate his general election win with a "victory tour" of the United States next month, according to reports, which add that the prime minister is reluctant to accept the invitation. Johnson would reportedly prefer to delay the visit until he has delivered Brexit, and until he has completed a major reshuffle of his Cabinet in February, when he is expected to put Michael Gove in charge of trade. That would allow him to bring Gove, his closest ally, on the trip ahead of expected talks over a post-Brexit trade deal.
But Johnson appeared to recognise that Trump's toxic image in the UK posed a serious risk to his election campaign, and largely avoided the President when he visited London for a NATO summit at the beginning of December.
First sensible action. Just bad optics?
A newly appointed UK Prime Minister? Reluctant to be with the most powerful man on the planet? No news could be more preposterous and faker!!!
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This guy. This. Guy. Is too embarrassed to be seen with Trump. This guy 👇
Guessing he's got more pressing things to deal with, like Brexit