Here are the 7 meetings and calls that were captured in the notes, details of which were shared.— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020
The notes were made by US officials during the conversations - ie they are contemporaneous notes. pic.twitter.com/HpToTaIQh0
What follows are some of the direct quotations according to those contemporaneous notes.— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020
I’ll post them raw so you can read for yourself. Again, all of the below is ‘according to the notes’.
Enjoy...
Boris: “Hopefully you don’t scrap the nuclear deal” (Iran)— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020
Boris: "America is back under Trump”
Woody: "We have to challenge the status quo and Trump is good at that”
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Sidenote: we put the 'make America great again' quote + others to No 10 for comment.— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020
No10 spokesman: “The PM is committed to the extremely important relationship between the UK and US and to enhancing the work we do together to ensure the prosperity and security of our citizens”
Trump: "Isn’t this place great? It’s so great. I’ve been to Buckingham Palace before and that’s greater."— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020
[Talked about inauguration crowd, which led him to the Women's March and March for Life, which led him to abortion...]
Then onto trade...— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020
Trump, on trade talks delayed till post-Brexit:
“That is so unfair, how can the EU limit you?"
May, on if other EU members would leave:
"No I don’t think so and we don’t want them to. It’s better for the EU to stick together but the EU does need reform.”
Trump: “Why isn’t Boris Johnson the prime minister? Didn’t he want the job?” 👀 👀— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020
[Theresa May explained the Tory leadership process which led to her becoming PM]
Trump: “Oh, so you were drafted like in baseball. But really I think you were plotting this all along”.
Trump, on Brexit: “What about Northern Ireland?”— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020
Trump on N Ireland: “There’s such hatred there. I just don’t understand where it comes from.”
[May tried to explain, Trump started talking about Scotland and how Alex Salmond was a “loser”]
Trump: “We are going to get tough on immigration. The Europeans have opened their doors to bad people. We will not have a Paris.”— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020
(Presumably a reference to recent terror attacks in French capital)