The flip-flopping Republican presumptive nominee took little more than 24 hours to stick the special relationship he’d just poured cold water on back in the microwave.
It came just after floated a dramatic softening of US policy towards North Korea, giving Kim Jong-Un an apparent lead over the British Prime Minister in The Donald’s affections.
Trump hits out at @David_Cameron after the PM called his proposal to ban Muslims "stupid, divisive and wrong" https://t.co/Ba4DQd82Dg
— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 16, 2016
Speaking with Reuters, Trump maintained that Cameron was wrong to call his proposed ban on Muslims “stupid, divisive and wrong” – but said they could still get along.
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He told the news agency: “He’s got plenty of problems, and I think he was inappropriate. So that’s fine. … I’m sure I’ll have a good relationship with him.”
It came just a day after a TV exchange with Piers Morgan, where he said of Cameron “it looks like we’re not going to have a very good relationship.”
In the same exchange he said he would have “no problem” speaking to Kim Jong-Un – an international pariah due to his nation’s aggressive rhetoric and rampant repression.
Trump wouldn’t say what his approach to Kim would be, but he told Reuters: “I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him.”
You could put a real dent in the national debt by holding the Trump-Kim Jong Un negotiations on pay-per-view.https://t.co/cIVKmTxbJ0
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) May 18, 2016
He also said he would try to lean on China to influence Pyongyang.
Trump’s attempted rapprochement with Cameron is likely to be strained by the Donald’s instinctive support for the UK leaving the European Union.
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Should the Prime Minister fail to convince the UK to stay in the bloc, it would likely leave to his resignation and a heretofore successful political career ending in humiliation.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign was quick to make hay from the rift.
Foreign policy adviser Jake Sullivan said: “Let me get this straight: Donald Trump insults the leader of our closest ally, then turns around and says he’d love to talk to Kim Jong-un?” – a stance he said makes “no sense”.
