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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry kept his composure -- just -- as he endured an awkward joint press conference with his new British counterpart, Boris Johnson.
The pair faced journalists at the Foreign Office in London Tuesday in Johnson's first news conference since his controversial appointment by the UK's new Prime Minister, Theresa May.
The two met to discuss the world's most pressing issues and to reaffirm the two country's oft-vaunted "special relationship" in the face of the UK's decision to leave the EU, but the tone from the assembled reporters was combative.
Johnson was taken to task by the AP's Brad Klapper for what he cast as insulting references to world leaders and other notable figures, including accusing U.S. President Barack Obama of having a "ancestral dislike for the British Empire" and describing presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as a "sadistic nurse in a mental hospital."
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Richard James
John Kerry's face when a US journalist accuses Boris of making "outright lies" is quite something.
TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)What an embarrassment!
BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)for that confusion than almost anyone else.
See, e.g., Ali Kemal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Kemal
From the link:
TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)I was vaguely aware that he had family connections to a figure in Ottoman politics but didn't know the details.
Fascinating.
MowCowWhoHow III
(2,103 posts)AllyCat
(16,034 posts)Don't know how he could keep it straight with that kind of gibberish coming out of BoJo's mouth.
IADEMO2004
(5,538 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)After all, the media folks in the States won't say boo to a goose when a politician lies right to their faces. It's got to be a little disconcerting to hear something besides the usual scraping and bowing; aren't they afraid of losing access, calling Boris a liar like that?
SheriffBob
(552 posts)the haters be hating. we whipped their asses in two different wars. stop fucking with americans right wing motherfuckers.
downeastdaniel
(497 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)nt
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Their title, not mine.