Coverage of donald trump. He details allegations that russia has Compromising Material on donald trump that could be used to blackmail him. The dossier was written by a former uk Intelligence Agent called christopher steele. Heres our security correspondent frank gardner, with more about him. Hes a former Intelligence Officer at mi6, he is a specialist in russia. His firm was hired by a washington lobbyist, initially they we re washington lobbyist, initially they were hired by the republicans, who we re were hired by the republicans, who were looking to come up with some dirt about donald trump. Eventually it was the democrats who were interested. What he found in tapping up interested. What he found in tapping up his old russian contacts in the russian successof up his old russian contacts in the russian successor to the kgb, he eventually got the document passed to the fbi. That was in august last year. In october it started to leak out, partly from a Security Conference that took pl
Coverage of donald trump. He details allegations that russia has Compromising Material on donald trump that could be used to blackmail him. The dossier was written by a former uk Intelligence Agent called christopher steele. Heres our security correspondent frank gardner, with more about him. Hes a former Intelligence Officer at mi6, he is a specialist in russia. His firm was hired by a washington lobbyist, initially they we re washington lobbyist, initially they were hired by the republicans, who we re were hired by the republicans, who were looking to come up with some dirt about donald trump. Eventually it was the democrats who were interested. What he found in tapping up interested. What he found in tapping up his old russian contacts in the russian successof up his old russian contacts in the russian successor to the kgb, he eventually got the document passed to the fbi. That was in august last year. In october it started to leak out, partly from a Security Conference that took pl
And power and ardent remainer, you should now be happy, that we have a president who looks optimistic and positively at the path that we are set on. You may dislike donald trump oi set on. You may dislike donald trump or many other reasons and those reasons may be valid but on this it is good fry country that it happened, and went the way that we did. Do you see this as some British Press sees it, as a danger that a Prime Minister gets too close to an american president. It was said that tony blair got too close to george bush and that lead us into the mess of iraq . When i watch the Press Conference, i thought the Prime Minister came out of that exceptionally well and if you think about anyone whos policy positions changed, it was trump, not may. One week ago he was saying that nato was obsolete, with encouragement of theresa may it is now 100 relevant and he supports it. And maybe general matias two. He said that he would step back, and support the general s position. In the same way
Mustapha karkouti of gulf news and jef mcallister, an American Writer and broadcaster. A British Ambassador To Washington once told me as we awaited the first meeting between the then british Prime Minister and a new american president that they were fated to get on wonderfully well. He meant that whatever the personal chemistry or lack of it the totality of the relationship between the uk and us was so important that it had to work out. But how well does that work with theresa may and donald trump . It seems to me the most interesting thing about it is that it took place within the first few days . Yes, i think its good that we were the first foreign head to be in to see the american president. I think the quote from your former ambassadorfriend i think the quote from your former ambassador friend is right. These are two countries that need to work hard to get on and i dont think there is any secret that we struggle somewhat under president obama, who is not as well disposed to the br
Mustapha karkouti of gulf news and jef mcallister, an American Writer and broadcaster. A British Ambassador To Washington once told me as we awaited the first meeting between the then british Prime Minister and a new american president that they were fated to get on wonderfully well. He meant that whatever the personal chemistry or lack of it the totality of the relationship between the uk and us was so important that it had to work out. But how well does that work with theresa may and donald trump . It seems to me the most interesting thing about it is that it took place within the first few days . Yes, i think its good that we were the first foreign head to be in to see the american president. I think the quote from your former ambassadorfriend i think the quote from your former ambassador friend is right. These are two countries that need to work hard to get on and i dont think there is any secret that we struggle somewhat under president obama, who is not as well disposed to the br