Donald Trump Meets the Press in Britain—and the Press Is Very Puzzled
The British media tries to figure out the American president
by Rachel Donadio
Jul 13, 2018
3 minutes
LONDON—“It was like watching a news conference by Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” John Rentoul, the chief political commentator for The Independent, told the BBC, standing on the broadcaster’s balcony while anti-Trump demonstrators streamed by below. He was talking about President Donald Trump’s press conference on Friday afternoon with Prime Minister Theresa May, in which Trump at turns read talking points about the importance of the transatlantic alliance, veered off script into strange tangents, and insulted members of the press.
Trump has brought his unique nonscheduled style to Britain,
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