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Trump tries to dispel tension with British prime minister after interview criticizing her leadership

ELLESBOROUGH, England - President Donald Trump on Friday sought to repair his newly damaged relationship with British Prime Minister Theresa May, effusively praising her at a joint news conference after an explosive tabloid interview in which he criticized her, praised her rival and warned of an end to free trade between their countries.

The president did strongly reiterate one controversial contention from his interview Thursday with the Sun, a British tabloid owned by Trump supporter Rupert Murdoch: that immigrants were ruining Europe's culture. May, in response, countered with the sort of defense of immigrants that used to be a hallmark of American leaders.

Trump, echoing the language of white nationalists, said of immigration: "I do not think

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