The Telegraph has been leaked details of notes made during seven high level UK-US meetings. They show Boris Johnson privately told US diplomats Trump was “making America great again”. Also wild May-Trump conversations. Thread with the quotes...

Here are the 7 meetings and calls that were captured in the notes, details of which were shared.

The notes were made by US officials during the conversations - ie they are contemporaneous notes. pic.twitter.com/HpToTaIQh0

— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020

What follows are some of the direct quotations according to those contemporaneous notes.

I’ll post them raw so you can read for yourself. Again, all of the below is ‘according to the notes’.

Enjoy...

— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020

Boris: “Hopefully you don’t scrap the nuclear deal” (Iran)

Boris: "America is back under Trump”

Woody: "We have to challenge the status quo and Trump is good at that”
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— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020

Sidenote: we put the 'make America great again' quote + others to No 10 for comment.

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”

— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020

Trump: "Isn’t this place great? It’s so great. I’ve been to Buckingham Palace before and that’s greater."

[Talked about inauguration crowd, which led him to the Women's March and March for Life, which led him to abortion...]

— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020

Then onto trade...

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.”

— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020

Trump: “Why isn’t Boris Johnson the prime minister? Didn’t he want the job?” 👀 👀

[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”.

— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020

Trump, on Brexit: “What about Northern Ireland?”

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”]

— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020

Trump: “We are going to get tough on immigration. The Europeans have opened their doors to bad people. We will not have a Paris.”

(Presumably a reference to recent terror attacks in French capital)

— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) September 5, 2020