Donald Trump 'apoplectic' in heated call with Johnson over Huawei decision: Report

US President Donald Trump lambasted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with ‘apoplectic’ r during a heated telephonic conversation over Huawei issue. Financial Times, in its report, cited officials in London and Washington saying Trump was livid with Johnson for allowing Huawei into its 5G network.

Downing Street reportedly did t deny claim and pointed towards a statement released on January 28 that said Prime Minister spoke to Trump and updated him on outcome of UK’s telecoms supply chain review. “ Prime Minister underlined importance of like-minded countries working toger to diversify market and break dominance of a small number of companies,” statement re.

US and Britain have been at odds over several issues in recent past including planned tax on tech companies and extrition of American diplomat’s wife accused of killing a 19-year-old in a car accident. However, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently claimed that ‘special relationship’ between UK and US is in a ‘fantastic place’. After UK’s formal departure from EU, Pompeo said that United States will continue building strong ties with Britain. 

"We will continue building upon our strong, productive, and prosperous relationship with UK as y enter this next chapter," tweeted Pompeo.

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Pressurising countries against Huawei

Trump ministration has decided to restrict 5G operations of Huawei and has been pressurising or countries to do same. In vember, United States h urged Cana t to use Huawei 5G techlogy citing security threats and said that it would jeopardise intelligence sharing between two countries. 

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Robert C. O’Brien, National Security visor to US President Donald Trump, talking to reporters at a security conference in Halifax, h called company “Trojan Horse”. O’Brien said that letting company in Cana or or western countries will help China profile everything including health record, banking record, and social media post. He furr ded that China will get to kw everything about every single Canian. 

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