David Cameron Congratulates ‘Stupid’ Trump For Bagging GOP Nomination
David Cameron has congratulated reality TV star Donald Trump for securing the Republican ticket in November’s presidential election.
Speaking at a press conference in Japan on Friday morning, the Prime Minister argued that any political candidate able to withstand the American campaign trail was owed congratulations – and insisted he would be “happy” to meet Trump in the future.
“I would congratulate anybody who can get though those marathon processes for leading one of the two great political parties in the U.S.,” Cameron told reporters. “When I think of the campaign I held in 2005, touring the UK to become leader of the Conservative Party, it was pretty exhausting. But it is a small campaign compared the vast nature of what these candidates have been through.”
.@David_Cameron on @RealDonaldTrump: the 'special relationship' will work regardless of who is in the seat of power https://t.co/08tj8T2UHh
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Donald Trump has already predicted he is “not going to have a very good relationship” with the U.K. Government if elected president, with David Cameron having already branded the GOP nominee “divisive, stupid and wrong” for suggesting a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S.
Trump has already received a cold shoulder at the municipal level in Britain, too.
Earlier this month, freshly-elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan called Trump “ignorant and divisive,” saying he will be supporting presumed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in November’s presidential election.
Parliament ultimately rejected the petition – but Cameron has since upheld his harsh criticisms of Trump and his supposed policies.
“The PM has made his views on Donald Trump’s comments very clear. He disagrees with them,” a spokesman for Number 10 said last week. “He continues to believe that preventing Muslims from entering the U.S. is divisive, stupid and wrong. He stands by his comments.”
On a more conciliatory note, the Prime Minister did say Friday that he believes the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States would inevitably survive a Trump presidency.
“I believe in the special relationship,” Cameron told reporters following this week’s G7 conference. “I believe the special relationship will work whoever is in whichever jobs in the U.K. or U.S., it’s about shared interests, about values and about security and prosperity in our world.”
Cameron also added he would be willing to meet Trump if the Republican nominee ends up stopping in Britain prior to November’s general election.
“Often these candidates chose to come through various European countries in the run up to the U.S. elections,” he said. “I don’t know whether that will happen. No dates are fixed, but I am always happy to meet people on that basis.”
Although presumed challenger Hillary Clinton has yet to secure her own party’s nomination, it is now mathematically impossible for independent rival Bernie Sanders to win enough delegates in order to represent the Democrats in November’s election.
Bearing that in mind, analysts have already turned their attention to the potential outcomes of a match-up between Clinton and Trump.
Both candidates are currently polling too close for comfort in a vast majority of states, although the former Secretary of State is consistently outperforming Trump in most instances.
On Thursday, pollsters at Rasmussen Reports placed Clinton one point ahead of the reality TV star, at 40 percent of the vote. Approximately seven percent of voters say they are still undecided.
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