Pompeo Tells U.K. Not to Go ‘Wobbly’ in Stinging Rebuke of Ally
- Secretary of State lets rip over Huawei, Iran on London trip
- Pompeo: Britain should channel Thatcher, hurry up with Brexit
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo fired a broadside of criticism at the U.K.’s approach to national security, demanding America’s long-standing ally takes a far tougher approach to China and Iran, and to hurry up and deliver Brexit.
Pompeo’s remarks, during a trip to the U.K., risked a diplomatic argument with one of the U.S.’s closest allies, just a month before President Donald Trump is scheduled to pay a formal state visit to Queen Elizabeth II. His criticism comes at a particularly sensitive time for Prime Minister Theresa May, who is struggling to complete Britain’s divorce from the European Union and under daily pressure to resign.