BIARRITZ, France—UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson won the sympathy of U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 26 after Trump suggested that the European Union would drive a hard bargain and that it would be “tough” for Johnson to get a Brexit deal.
Speaking at the end of the G-7 summit in France, Trump offered effusive praise for Johnson, who succeeded Theresa May in July, and said he had to “try to do something with Brexit,” a task that eluded Johnson’s predecessor. May failed three times to get her deal through Parliament and was toppled by her own party.
