Biden and Johnson aren't natural allies. Biden opposed Johnson's pet project of Brexit and reportedly called him a "clone" of President Donald Trump.
The UK government is privately"desperate" for US President Donald Trump to lose November's presidential election and be replaced by Joe Biden, according to a report by The Sunday Times.His government, however, has been privately trying to distance itself from the US president in anticipation of a Biden victory, The Times reports.
Biden and Johnson are not natural allies. The presumptive Democratic nominee opposed Johnson's pet project of Brexit and has reportedly described the UK prime minister as a"clone" of Trump. Story continuesThe president is said to have slammed the phone down on Johnson in a moment of"apoplectic" fury in January, when Johnson initially refused to scrap the UK's deal with Huawei to help develop Britain's 5G network.
On her recent trip to Washington, UK International Trade Secretary Liz Truss was told to downplay the prospects of a deal.Fears among UK voters about the impact of a US trade deal on food standards in Britain have reportedly forced Johnson's government to put the brakes on what had once been promoted as a rapid agreement.
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