As election nears, Boris Johnson tries to keep distance from President Trump
LONDON - As Britain heads into the home stretch of its election campaign, the arrival of President Donald Trump for this week's NATO summit adds a volatile new element to a bitterly divisive contest.
For years, Trump has publicly praised Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose Conservative party is hoping to win a parliamentary majority in Dec. 12 voting. And the president is an unabashed proponent of Brexit, the planned split with the European Union that Johnson has vowed to bring to fruition.
But the last thing Johnson wants during this visit is an open show of support from Trump.
Trump is an unpopular figure in Britain, and
