U.K. and U.S. Make Up After May Points Finger at FBI for Leaks
- May says U.K. police have now received assurances from FBI
- Two leaders met twice, first for NATO and then for G-7
Donald Trump speaks to Theresa May at the G7 Summit in Taormina, on May 26, 2017.
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The “special relationship” appeared to be back on after U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May suggested the FBI was to blame for the intelligence leaks by U.S. officials on the Manchester bombing. Donald Trump, she said, told her the breach was “unacceptable.”
The two leaders have had an opportunity to make up as they attended the NATO meeting in Brussels, where she first raised her annoyance, and then later in Sicily, where they attended the Group of Seven summit. In Brussels, she approached him quietly during a family photo while in Italy the two had a chance to meet privately.