Theresa May warned Donald Trump not to trust Russian president Vladimir Putin and chose to evoke the memory of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher during the Cold War.
Theresa May prepares to take on Trump as she lands in Washington for today's crunch Brexit trade talks at the White House after landmark speech pledging an end to 'failed' wars
PM flew to Washington to prepare for today's White House talks over a future UK-US trade deal post-Brexit She earlier tore up 20 years of 'failed' liberal interventionist foreign policy when she spoke to politicians Laid out new set of rules which will see the UK intervene only when the 'threat is real' and it is in our interests She said she predicted a close relationship with Donald Trump because 'sometimes opposites attract' But Mrs May also warned the U.K. could limit intelligence sharing if the new president reintroduces torture She called NATO 'the cornerstone of the West's defence' despite Trump's desire to redefine America's role and said the two nations should be proud of how they 'worked in partnership' to help bring world peace Said rise of China and Russia in world affairs led to fears of a 'eclipse of the West' but this was not inevitable Listed challenges that Britain and the U.S. face- including aggressive Vladimir Putin and 'radical Islamists' Warned of 'malign' influence of Iran in comments that chime with Trump's own comments on the country May stated: 'Dawn breaks on a new era of American renewal' - but only mentioned Donald Trump's name once Reaffirmed UK had invested in F-35 strike aircraft in rebuke of Trump's declaration they were too expensive Nigel Farage tweeted support for the PM's speech and said he had 'wanted all of these things for years'
PM flew to Washington to prepare for today's White House talks over a future UK-US trade deal post-Brexit
She earlier tore up 20 years of 'failed' liberal interventionist foreign policy when she spoke to politicians
Laid out new set of rules which will see the UK intervene only when the 'threat is real' and it is in our interests
She said she predicted a close relationship with Donald Trump because 'sometimes opposites attract'
But Mrs May also warned the U.K. could limit intelligence sharing if the new president reintroduces torture
She called NATO 'the cornerstone of the West's defence' despite Trump's desire to redefine America's role and said the two nations should be proud of how they 'worked in partnership' to help bring world peace
Said rise of China and Russia in world affairs led to fears of a 'eclipse of the West' but this was not inevitable
Listed challenges that Britain and the U.S. face- including aggressive Vladimir Putin and 'radical Islamists'
Warned of 'malign' influence of Iran in comments that chime with Trump's own comments on the country
May stated: 'Dawn breaks on a new era of American renewal' - but only mentioned Donald Trump's name once
Reaffirmed UK had invested in F-35 strike aircraft in rebuke of Trump's declaration they were too expensive
Nigel Farage tweeted support for the PM's speech and said he had 'wanted all of these things for years'
No more Libya.
No more Syria.
No more Iraq.
Thank God for this.