Donald Trump’s visit to the UK quickly turned political as MPs reflected on the President’s comments over the Tory leadership contest and his endorsement of Boris Johnson. Leave supporter John Redwood explained that Tory MPs in the leadership race may be using his visit to win favour with the party and country. BBC’s Emily Maitlis mocked the MP’s who were “jealous” and called them “pathetic” for being overly obedient during Mr Trump’s visit. 

She began by saying: “Look at the position of your Conservative colleagues.

“Jeremy Hunt can’t decide whether he is coming or going whether to embrace Donald Trump or to leave him.

“Sajid Javid says he ignores all the muslim bans, he said this yesterday, he just wants to thank him.

“You have got people who are sycophantic in his presence.

“He’s not going to deliver a trade deal to people he thinks are sycophants.”

Mr Redwood replied: “Trump will deliver a trade deal that makes sense to the US and any British Prime Minister will have to stand up for British interests.

“The new Prime Minister will have to do this in a way we lamentably didn’t during Brexit negotiations with the EU.” 

As the interview went on the Tory MP began explaining the impact Mr Trump is having on the Conservative candidates in the run-up to the Tory leadership race. 

He said: “Each individual candidate for their own mind about their attitudes towards the United States of America.

“I guess, one candidate was well known to the President and the President likes him and the other candidates got jealous.” 

The BBC Newsnight host then began laughing and announced that it was “pathetic” from the Tory party. 

The Leave supporter continued: “I will be with other colleagues choosing from this galaxy of talent which has certainly come forward.

“But I will not be judging them on what they said about president Trump but I will be judging them on how they get us out of the European Union as quickly as possible without the withdrawal agreement which has been decisively rejected by the British voters. 

“We could then go on to be a good independent democracy allying with the United States of America and many other countries where it is in the mutual interest.

“Our Prime Minister will have to first and foremost stand up for our interests.” 

Over the weekend Mr Trump endorsed Boris Johnson in the leadership contest and Nigel Farage on his Brexit Party success and insisted the pair were a “big power.”

He said: “They are two very good guys who are very interesting people.

“I think they are big powers of their and I think they have done a good job.”

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