It seems the American people aren't the only ones grateful for our new presidential administration. United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised President Joe Biden after their first meeting.
The two met at the G7 summit in Cornwall, UK for the first time last week.
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According to The AP, Johnson described working with Biden as a "breath of fresh air" which many online took as a dig against former president Donald Trump. This is particularly notable as Trump was infamous for his friction with other world leaders.
President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson are meeting for the first time at the G-7 summit. The leaders are \u200blooking to highlight their nations\u2019 \u201cspecial relationship\u201d despite tensions.\n\nG-7 summit coverage: https://apne.ws/y3mtmwr\u00a0https://apne.ws/PvgqpiN— The Associated Press (@The Associated Press) 1623338653
Johnson elaborated on his relationship with the new president:
"It's new, it's interesting and we're working very hard together. We went on for about an hour and 20 or so. It was a long, long, good session. We covered a huge range of subjects."
He also mentioned that Biden wants to work with the UK on security and climate change.
Johnson throwing shade at Trump surprised some considering Johnson was seen as a Trump ally, and at times was described as the British counterpart to the former president.
But even he feels relief at working with Biden. And people largely concurred.
We agree with that! I love this administration. We can finally breathe and know that things are getting accomplished.— SpringRain7549 (@SpringRain7549) 1623433353
Hahahaha. You can say that again Mr. Prime minister. Welcome to the real world.— Utenma. (@Utenma.) 1623363803
Boris Johnson said Biden's like breath of fresh air, can you imagine the B.S our allies had to deal n put up with, with trump.— Slapout (@Slapout) 1623420321
Those Brits are masters of understatement.— Jeff Dannenberg (@Jeff Dannenberg) 1623431357
A breath of fresh air. That\u2019s what Boris Johnson said about our President Biden and our First Lady Jill. https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/1403063134802296835\u00a0\u2026— Labellaluna11 (@Labellaluna11) 1623361153
Biden and Johnson sought to use their first meeting to highlight the nations' commitment to working together, and put aside political differences to handle some crises. However, not everything could be put aside.
The prime minister said that he and Biden were in complete harmony when it comes to protecting the Good Friday Agreement, which was the result of a peace negotiation between the UK government, the Irish government and the Northern Ireland political parties signed in 1998. The agreement is under scrutiny as the UK looks to implement their exit from the European Union and how that might affect the power-sharing agreement for Northern Ireland.
Biden opposed Brexit while Johnson was a passionate proponent of it and ascended to Prime Minister largely to implement it. However, that is the very process that looks to endanger the peace agreement they both want to protect.
But the British government has worked hard to leave the best impression on the new American president. While at one time Biden called Johnsons a "physical and emotional clone" of Donald Trump, the two were able to be very friendly and begin the work on some joint projects.
And if Donald Trump got slighted along the way, who is really going to complain
Oooh trump's tweets are gonna be\n\noh wait— Dawn (@Dawn) 1623452959
That is unheard of Paul, for the one and only time in his life, Johnson, opened his mouth and the truth came out. Johnson telling the truth. I need a lie down.— Alun Jones,Save our NHS, Thousands died needlessly (@Alun Jones,Save our NHS, Thousands died needlessly) 1623355128
Even a 5 yo wants to talk to adults instead of a 2 yo sometimes.— Cassandra Shoecraft (@Cassandra Shoecraft) 1623376994
Yep, all those photos must be eating at him, along with the kind things that other leaders are saying about Biden. Poor Donald; he really thought Boris was his loyal friend!https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2021/jun/10/joe-biden-a-breath-of-fresh-air-says-boris-johnson-after-meeting-video\u00a0\u2026— miss speech (@miss speech) 1623528568
Just think Trump was his Bessie mate they could have been twins. What a bloody hypocrite ! Johnson was so far up trumps a##e the join was invisiblehttps://twitter.com/rawstory/status/1403416622627528710\u00a0\u2026— Lynn Coleman (@Lynn Coleman) 1623438701
Wait until Putin says the same. lol.— Ripley (@Ripley) 1623436884
The G7 summit continued with the nations' leaders addressing other concerns such as the vaccine rollout around the world. The group committed to one billion vaccines for the world's poorest nations.
