Prime Minister Theresa May spoke with President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his election victory. A Downing Street spokesperson said: The Prime Minister spoke to US Presidentelect Donald Trump earlier this afternoon to congratulate him on his hard-fought election campaign and victory. The President-elect said he very much looked forward to working with the Prime Minister and congratulated her on her recent appointment.
The Prime Minister and Presidentelect Trump agreed that the US-UK relationship was very important and very special, and that building on this would be a priority for them both. President-elect Trump set out his close and personal connections with, and warmth for, the UK. He said he was confident that the special relationship would go from strength to strength.
The Prime Minister expressed her commitment to building and expanding the UK’s relationships around the world, particularly after the referendum vote, and the importance of our partnership with the US. She noted President-elect Trump’s commitment in his acceptance speech to uniting people across America, which she said is a task we all need to focus on globally.
The Prime Minister said that we have a long history of shared values and added that she looked forward to that continuing in the future. She highlighted her wish to strengthen bilateral trade and investment with the US as we leave the EU. But she said that our relationship is so much more than that and our 2 countries have always stood together as close allies when it counts the most. President-elect Trump strongly agreed and added that the UK is a “very, very special place for me and for our country”.
The call ended with President-elect Trump inviting the Prime Minister to visit him as soon as possible.
Maidstone MP Helen Grant following Donald Trump’s election as the next president of the United States of America said, “This is a clear verdict from the American people. I hope, however, that Mr Trump will redress the damaging and divisive effects of his campaign which should not be underestimated. I also hope our special relationship with the US will continue and that, under his administration, our shared values of diversity, inclusion, multi-culture and equality will endure. Finally, I pay tribute to Hillary Clinton for the responsible, restrained and positive nature of her campaign and for blazing the trail for women across the world who aspire to the highest positions of leadership.”
Meanwhile, Protesters in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and other cities blocked the entrances to Trump Tower and other properties owned by President-elect Donald Trump, airing fears about policies endorsed by him during the campaign. Thousands of people took to the streets to protest Trump’s electoral win over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Demonstrators took to the streets in the early hours Wednesday on the West Coast soon after Trump’s victory was announced, and continued throughout the day and night across the country. Even before the election was officially called for Trump, activist and advocacy groups, and supporters of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, took to the Internet and streets expressing concern about the president-elect’s proposed policies on immigration, reproductive rights, health insurance and the environment, among others.
