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Trump dishes dose of chaos aimed at May, Londoners
Associated Press
BLENHEIM PALACE,
England (AP) — Dishing
up a fresh dose of chaos on
his European tour, President
Donald Trump left behind a
contentious NATO gather-
ing in Brussels and moved
on to Britain, where a pomp-
filled welcome ceremony
was soon overshadowed
by an interview in which
Trump blasted Prime Min-
ister Theresa May, blamed
London’s mayor for ter-
ror attacks against the city
and argued that Europe was
“losing its culture” because
of immigration.
Trump, in an interview
with The Sun newspaper,
said he felt unwelcome in
London because of protests,
including plans to fly a giant
balloon over Parliament on
Friday that depicts him as
an angry baby in a diaper.
“I guess when they put
out blimps to make me feel
unwelcome, no reason for
me to go to London,” he
said.
Trump, in the interview
given before he left Brus-
sels for the U.K., accused
May of ruining what her
country stands to gain from
the Brexit vote to leave the
European Union. He said
her former foreign secre-
tary, Boris Johnson, would
make an “excellent” prime
minister, speaking just days
after Johnson resigned his
position in protest over
May’s Brexit plans.
Trump added that May’s
“soft” blueprint for the
U.K.’s future dealings with
the EU would probably
“kill” any future trade deals
with the United States.
“If they do a deal like
that, we would be dealing
with the European Union
Gareth Fuller/PA via AP
A helicopter leaves the grounds of the U.S. ambassa-
dor residence in Regent’s Park, London, while demon-
strators protest against the visit of U.S. President Don-
ald Trump Thursday July 12, 2018.
instead of dealing with the
U.K., so it will probably kill
the deal,” Trump told the
paper.
Trump, who has com-
pared his own election to
the June 2016 referendum
in which a majority of Brit-
ish voters supported leaving
the EU, complained that,
“The deal she is striking is a
much different deal than the
one the people voted on.”
He also told the tabloid
that he’d shared advice with
May during Britain’s nego-
tiations with the EU and she
ignored it.
Details from Trump’s
interview with the paper
became public as Trump
was attending a black-tie
dinner with May to wel-
come him to Britain with
pomp and pageantry.
As for Johnson, Trump
said: “I think he would be a
great prime minister. I think
he’s got what it takes.” He
added, “I think he is a great
representative for your
country.”
On Thursday night, hun-
dreds of demonstrators
chanted outside the U.S.
ambassador’s
residence
where Trump was staying
on the outskirts of London,
providing a preview of the
forceful protests expected
on Friday.
Trump acknowledged he
didn’t feel welcome in the
city, and blamed that in part
on Mayor Sadiq Khan, who
gave protesters permission
to fly the 20-foot-tall bal-
loon depicting Trump as an
angry baby.
Trump also blamed
recent terrorist attacks there
on Khan, who is a Mus-
lim. The president claimed
Europe is “losing its cul-
ture” because of immigra-
tion from the Middle East
and Africa.
“Allowing the immigra-
tion to take place in Europe
is a sham,” he said. “I
think it changed the fabric
of Europe and, unless you
act very quickly, it’s never
going to be what it was and
I don’t mean that in a posi-
tive way.”
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AP Photo/Evan Vucci
FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok testifies
before the House Committees on the Judiciary and
Oversight and Government Reform during a hearing
on “Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the
2016 Election,” on Capitol Hill.
Livid FBI agent
clashes with GOP
at Thursday hearing
on Russia probe
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
(AP)
— An embattled FBI agent
whose anti-Trump text mes-
sages exposed the Justice
Department to claims of
institutional bias launched a
vigorous defense Thursday
at an extraordinary congres-
sional hearing that devolved
into shouting matches, fin-
ger pointing and veiled
references
to
personal
transgressions.
Peter Strzok testified pub-
licly for the first time since
being removed from spe-
cial counsel Robert Muel-
ler’s team following the dis-
covery of the texts last year.
He said the communications
with an FBI lawyer in the
run-up to the 2016 presiden-
tial election reflected purely
personal opinions that he
never once acted on, though
he did acknowledge being
dismayed during the cam-
paign by the Republican can-
didate’s behavior.
“At no time, in any of
those texts, did those per-
sonal beliefs ever enter
into the realm of any
action I took,” Strzok told
lawmakers.
In breaking his silence
at a daylong hearing, Str-
zok came face-to-face with
Republicans who angrily
argued that the texts had
tainted two hugely conse-
quential FBI probes he had
helped steer: inquiries into
Hillary Clinton’s email use
and possible coordination
between the Trump cam-
paign and Russia.
“Agent Strzok had Hil-
lary Clinton winning the
White House before he fin-
ished investigating her,” said
Rep. Trey Gowdy, Republi-
can chairman of the House
Oversight and Government
Reform Committee. “Agent
Strzok had Donald Trump
impeached before he even
started investigating him.
That is bias.”
Strzok repeatedly insisted
that the texts, including one
in which he called Trump
a “disaster,” did not reflect
political bias and had never
infected his work. He said
the FBI’s Trump investiga-
tion originated not out of
personal animus but rather
from concern that Russia
was seeking to meddle in
the election, including what
he said were credible alle-
gations of a Russian offer of
assistance to a Trump cam-
paign associate.
He made clear his exas-
peration at being the focal
point of a congressional
hearing when Russian elec-
tion interference has been
“sowing discord in our
nation and shaking faith in
our institutions.”
“I have the utmost respect
for Congress’s oversight
role, but I truly believe that
today’s hearing is just another
victory notch in Putin’s belt
and another milestone in our
enemies’ campaign to tear
America apart,” Strzok said.
The hearing underscored
a little-discussed reality of
law enforcement and gov-
ernment: agents and fed-
eral workers hold deeply
held political views but are
expected to keep them out of
their work.
Strzok insisted that sepa-
ration was possible. “What
I am telling you is I and the
other men and women of the
FBI, every day take our per-
sonal beliefs, and set those
aside in vigorous pursuit of
the truth — wherever it lies,
whatever it is.”
To which Rep. Ted Poe,
R-Texas, responded: “And I
don’t believe you.”
Strzok said under aggres-
sive questioning that a
much-discussed
August
2016 text in which he vowed
“we’ll stop” a Trump can-
didacy followed Trump’s
denigration of the family of
a dead U.S. service mem-
ber. He said the text, writ-
ten late at night and off-the-
cuff, reflected his belief that
Americans would not stom-
ach such “horrible, disgust-
ing behavior” by the presi-
dential candidate.
But, he added in a raised
voice and emphatic tone, “It
was in no way — unequivo-
cally — any suggestion that
me, the FBI, would take any
action whatsoever to improp-
erly impact the electoral pro-
cess for any candidate. So, I
take great offense, and I take
great disagreement to your
assertion of what that was or
wasn’t.”
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