President Trump Calls His Criticism Of British Prime Minister 'Fake News'

President Donald Trump denied criticizing British Prime Minister Theresa May on her home soil July 13, despite being quoted in an interview with a British tabloid saying she had gone "the opposite way" and ignoring advice he gave her regarding Britain's withdrawal from the European Union. President Trump declared as "fake news" his criticism of May in an interview in The Sun, although the tabloid itself released a recording of the session. In the interview, President Trump said he would have done Brexit "much differently. I actually told Theresa May how to do it, but she didn't agree, she didn't listen to me." Instead, he said, May went "the opposite way" and the results have been "very unfortunate." Standing beside her on July 13, President Trump seemed to go out of his way to lavish praise on the British leader, saying "this incredible woman right here is doing a fantastic job." "She's a total professional," Trump said of May. "I told her, 'I want to apologize, because I said such good things about you.' " Trump said May told him, "don't worry, it's just the press." Trump also labeled CNN as "fake news" and refused to take a question from it's correspondent, calling instead on a reporter from Fox News and saying "let's go to a real network."