The British media just roasted Donald Trump, and he hated it

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Trump's relationship with the media has been, shall we say, fractious to date - from his deeming CNN "fake news" to his press secretary's various run-ins with the members of the press.

But he hadn't seen nothing until the Brits rolled into town.

Eschewing the Lifezette school of easy questioning, Laura Kuenssberg from BBC News turned up to Trump's joint conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May with this epic poser:

"Prime Minister, you've talked about where you agree, but you have also said you would be frank where you disagree with the president. Can you tell us where in your talks you did disagree, and do you think that the president listened to what you had to say?"

If that wasn't enough, her question for the president was even tougher.

"Mr. President, you said before that torture works. You have praised Russia. You said you wanted to ban some Muslims from coming to America. You've suggested there should be punishment for abortion. For many people in Britain, those sound like alarming beliefs. What do you say to our viewers at home who are worried about some of your views and worried about you becoming the leader of the free world?"

Ouch. And Trump was not impressed. "This was your choice of a question?" he asked, looking at Theresa May, before quipping into his mic, "there goes that relationship."

U.S. (and some UK) journalists, however, were impressed with the approach.

May went on to prevaricate and not really say anything in response to her question while Trump pretty much said he would rely on Mattis to decide about torture and then went on to discuss Putin in broad terms.

In other news, we learnt that Trump and May are "in favor" of NATO and that Trump has accepted an invitation from the Queen for a state visit later this year. We'll see how that goes down with the Brits.

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Tim Chester

Tim Chester was Senior Editor, Real Time News in Los Angeles. Before that he was Deputy Editor of Mashable UK in London. Prior to joining Mashable, Tim was a Senior Web Editor at Penguin Random House, helping to relaunch the Rough Guides website and other travel brands. He was also a writer for Buzzfeed, GQ and The Sunday Times, covering everything from culture to tech and current affairs. Before that, he was Deputy Editor at NME.COM, overseeing content and development on the London-based music and entertainment site. Tim loves music and travel and has combined these two passions at festivals from Iceland to Malawi and beyond.

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