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Perhaps driven by an obsessive belief in the collusion delusion, NBC political director Chuck Todd spent Sunday declaring that President Trump was “interfering” with British politics and trying to help get former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson elected prime minister. Meanwhile, Todd had either defended or ignored President’s Obama’s efforts to get his preferred leaders and policies voted in around the globe.
The conspiracy theories started on Sunday Today after NBC White House correspondent Mike Viqueira insisted Trump “ignited controversy” in an interview with British newspaper The Sun “when he appeared to favor former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's bid to be the next prime minister of Great Britain.”
“Well, I like him. I've always liked him. I don't know he's going to be chosen, but I think he's a very – a very good guy,” Trump said. The NBC reporter then hyped British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s response: “President Trump's attempt to decide who will be Britain's next PM is an entirely unacceptable interference in our democracy.”
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