“Boris Johnson is a good man, he is tough, but he is smart. They call him British Trump, and people say it's good. They love me there, and this is what they want and what they need. He will do everything. Boris is good, and he will do his job, ”RIA Novosti reports Trump’s words.

He stated this at a conservative conference of Turning Point USA high school students in Washington.

Earlier, Trump congratulated Boris Johnson on his election as prime minister of Great Britain.