KEY POINTS

  • Trump called Queen Elizabeth an "unbelievable woman"
  • He said Johnson was leaning toward the left after "talking about the environment so much"
  • Johnson has distanced himself from Trump since the November 2020 election and the Capitol riot

Former President Donald Trump praised Queen Elizabeth as an “unbelievable woman” and slammed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson over his political leanings on some issues.

Speaking at the ticketed event “History Tour” with Bill O’Reilly in Sunrise, Florida, on Saturday, Trump was asked about his opinions of the British government. The former president sang praises for the British monarchy, particularly for Queen Elizabeth.

“Nobody does it like the U.K. She is an unbelievable woman,” Trump told O’Reilly.

However, the former president’s praises did not extend to Johnson, who he said has been inching closer to the left.

“He is changing a lot. He’s becoming more and more liberal. I don’t quite get it. He’s becoming a man who is talking about the environment so much,” Trump said, adding: “We have to talk about other things, like economic growth, military, and strength.”

Trump’s remarks on Johnson come after he blasted the British prime minister’s political stance on climate change last week during an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. The former president was referring to Johnson’s actions of encouraging other countries to reduce annual carbon emissions.

“It’s one minute to midnight on that doomsday clock and we need to act now,” Johnson warned during his opening address.

Trump and Johnson have had a tumultuous relationship in recent months, after the latter previously held Trump responsible for encouraging his followers to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, leading to the death of five people.

"I believe what President Trump has been saying about that has been completely wrong and I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol,” Johnson said at the time, as quoted by the Independent.

Johnson has distanced himself from Trump since the latter left office in January. In November 2020, the U.K. prime minister had referred to Trump as the “previous president” during a regularly scheduled question-and-answer session with lawmakers, including Angela Eagle who asked Johnson to comment on Trump’s claims of voter fraud during the U.S. election.

In a September interview with The Washington Post, Johnson appeared to support President Joe Biden’s political agenda, even going as far as to repeat the latter’s slogan, “Build Back Better.”

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