That chlorinated chicken remark could cool the relationship down.Vice President Pence on Thursday met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London and discussed brokering a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and United Kingdom post-Brexit.
Johnson said it would be “fantastic” to deepen economic ties between the two countries but noted that the National Health Service (NHS) would not be up for sale as part of a bilateral trade deal.
Johnson also joked that the U.K. is not “keen on that chlorinated chicken” — referring to the American process of washing chicken in chemicals that is banned in the U.K. — and goaded opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn over his opposition to Britain’s plans to leave the European Union.
Pence offered support for Johnson’s plans to exit the EU and described the relationship between the two countries as “historic and special” and “embodied in the very warm and personal relationship that you have forged with President Trump, with myself, and with our administration."
The Hill
But that's not all...Vice President Pence was greeted by a series of rainbow flags this week as he arrived in Reykjavik to meet with President Guðni Jóhannesson of Iceland.
Pence met with Jóhannesson on Wednesday at Hofdi House, across the street from the IT company Advania, which had lined its entrance with several rainbow flags, according to The Guardian.
And a nearby office housing the headquarters for the Efling trade union swapped out the flags typically flying outside to display rainbow ones.
“We just felt the need to celebrate diversity today and wanted to show that by flying the flags,” Ægir Már Þórisson, Advania’s director, told the news outlet Iceland Monitor.
The Hill
Getting the message, Pence?Photos of Pence’s meeting with Jóhannesson show the president wearing a rainbow bracelet on his right hand, which was visible when he shook hands with Pence.
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