House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) delivered a historic speech to the British Parliament on Tuesday, seeking to smooth over tense relations with one of the United States’s longest-standing allies.
Johnson reassured the body that the two countries will continue to “face and overcome together the challenges of our present day,” with his words coming at a pivotal time in U.S.-U.K. relations. Hours before Johnson’s remarks, President Donald Trump railed against London for ceding control of an island holding a U.S. military base. And the president announced last week Britain would be among NATO allies slapped with a 10% tariff if it continues to oppose a U.S. takeover of Greenland.
“I spoke to President Trump at length yesterday, and I told him that I really felt that my mission
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