President Donald Trump congratulated United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson after the Conservative Party’s dominant win in the Dec. 12 election.
According to initial results, the party won a strong majority in Britain’s general election, pummeling the Labour Party and prompting that party’s leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to announce he’s stepping down from his position.
Trump took to Twitter Friday to congratulate Johnson, with whom he met while in London recently for a NATO summit.
“Britain and the United States will now be free to strike a massive new Trade Deal after BREXIT,” Trump said on Twitter. “This deal has the potential to be far bigger and more lucrative than any deal that could be made with the E.U. Celebrate Boris!”
Congratulations to Boris Johnson on his great WIN! Britain and the United States will now be free to strike a massive new Trade Deal after BREXIT. This deal has the potential to be far bigger and more lucrative than any deal that could be made with the E.U. Celebrate Boris!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2019
Johnson won after calling an early election, urging voters to vote for his party so they could pass a Brexit agreement to follow through on the vote on the withdrawal, which took place in 2016.
In a speech to supporters at the Conservative Party’s headquarters, Johnson said: “It does look as though this One Nation Conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate to get Brexit done.”
“Above all I want to thank the people of this country for turning out to vote in a December election that we didn’t want to call but which I think has turned out to be a historic election that gives us now, in this new government, the chance to respect the democratic will of the British people to change this country for the better and to unleash the potential of the entire people of this country,” he added.
“And that is what we will now do, and if we are lucky enough to be returned, as the exit polls seem to suggest, then that work will begin tomorrow… or as I should say, not tomorrow, today!”
