Theresa May Quotes

Donald Trump was elected president of the United States of America. The UK and the US have shared challenges, shared interests, that we can work together to deal with. We have a special relationship, it's longstanding, it's existed through many different prime ministers and presidents. I want to build on that relationship.

The British claim to have a special relationship with the U.S., but if you mention this in Washington, no one knows what you are talking about.

President Obama and I can meet, shake hands and discuss current issues, we - and I am personally - are always ready for such contacts.

I'm going to be very clear in everything we do. I believe the special relationship is important to us, it's important more widely across Europe and the world. But I will also be very clear in the decisions I take and the conversations I have about UK interests. I'm not going to say anything different to Donald Trump to what I'm saying to you in terms of UK interests and where those lie.

What I'm clear about is that we have an opportunity through this early meeting with Donald Trump to start that process of building on that special relationship, that special relationship which is on our national interest, and I think that we can together not just build that special relationship but do it in a way that is good for both for us and good more widely.

The bond between the United States and Britain has always been strong. It has survived through war and peace, periods of prosperity and economic hardship.

When Prime Minister Erdogan came to Washington in 2009, he sounded almost like the ambassador from Iran.

I met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, visited our allies in the Arab Gulf, traveled to Tunisia and Iraq, met with President Petro Poroshenko in Ukraine, and visited our allies in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom.

France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.

U.S.-Israel relations are often depicted as an extended honeymoon, but that's a false image.

George Bush was for me the most important ally on the road to German unity.

Since the start of the Abe administration, we resumed peace treaty negotiations with Russia, which had lapsed during the three years of the Democratic Party of Japan administration.

England and the United States are natural allies, and should be the best of friends.

This President is a miserable failure on foreign policy.

The bloke who ends up sitting in the White House partially controls what we [the British] get up to.

The only thing that is worse than dealing with Pakistan is the neglect of doing so.

If the United States disengages from many issues confronting the international community it will be replaced.

On the world stage, Donald Trump will lead from strength.

Republicans used to bash President Barack Obama for alienating American allies, but Trump is turning off our partners like no one ever has.

I do not see it as desirable for South Korea to take the back seat and watch discussions between the U.S. and China.

Donald Trump himself actually said during his campaign that he essentially thinks being unpredictable is a good thing. Maybe that's a good thing in domestic politics, but in foreign policy, that is really stupid.

Putin really assumed that once Trump - who had such clear admiration for him - was elected, it would be convenient for Trump to change the relationship with Russia profoundly and instantly.

The U.S.-Israel relationship is so important.

I'm a big believer in the transatlantic relationship. I have to work with whoever is in the White House.

Tony Blair is one of the most significant world leaders of the modern era. He has a remarkable story to tell. His tenure as prime minister was marked by close relationships with Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, and he enjoys a profile in this country that is rare among foreign leaders.