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Boris Johnson described Donald Trump’s indictment as a ‘kerfuffle’ in an interview with CBS.
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Johnson also suggested that Biden copy his slogan ‘Build Back Better’.
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“I think I claim we used it first. And to tell the truth, I think we cut it from someone else …”
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday described former US President Donald Trump’s indictment as a “kerfuffle” and apparently suggested that President Joe Biden copy his slogan “Build Back Better”.
“The clear message we get from the proceedings in America is that American democracy is strong after all the feathers and all the shackles, and the American constitution is strong and strong,” Johnson said in an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation said. when asked what signal Trump’s acquittal on charges of indictment would send.
The prime minister’s message contrasted with that of Biden, who said that ‘this sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile.’
Johnson also joked that Biden might have borrowed his own slogan “Build Back Better” from him.
“I’m glad President Biden also got a slogan: ‘Build Back Better,'” Johnson said.
“I think I claim we used it first. And in fact, I think we cut it from someone else before I started using it. But that’s the real slogan.”
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Members of the Biden campaign have said there is still mistrust of Johnson over his political style and the fact that he is close to Trump.
But Johnson, the first European leader to summon Biden after taking office, insisted on Sunday that Biden’s early steps on climate change and foreign policy were “incredibly encouraging” for relations between the UK and the US.
“There have been some important developments in the way the United Kingdom, American thinking has converged in recent weeks, and especially on issues such as climate change, on NATO, on Iran, but above all on the ways in which the US and the “The UK will work together to address the environmental challenge facing our planet,” he told CBS.
“And there, I think some of the things we’re hearing now about the new US government and the new White House are incredibly encouraging. And we want to work with the president on that.”
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