‘Where’s England?’: Donald Trump Appears Confused About The UK During G7 Summit

The US president may well think England can be inter-changed with the UK, the union comprising the countries England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In any case, he thought Johnson would be “a great prime minister”. “We really like each other,” Trump said.

“I have been waiting for him to be prime minister for about six years. “I told him, ‘what took you so long?’” 

But he suggested getting a new deal with the EU would not be easy.

He added: “Boris has to try and do something with Brexit – it’s very tough.

“I deal with the EU – it’s a very strong group of people, they have their ideas and they’re not easy to deal with, I will tell you.

“The EU is very tough to make deals with – just ask Theresa May.”

Asked if an alliance with the UK or with Europe would be more important for the US, the president replied: “Both.”

In other notable responses, Trump confirmed that he wanted to hold next year’s G7 meeting at his property in Florida

“Having it in Miami is really fantastic. Each country can have their own villa and bungalow,” he said.

“We haven’t made a final decision. But it’s right next to the airport right there, meaning a few minutes away. It’s a great place. It’s that tremendous acreage many hundreds of acres. So we can handle whatever happens.”