AFPÂ -Â US President Donald Trump boasted of a "really great relationship" with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday, as the pair traded compliments and tried to turn the page after very public spats.
"We're on the same wavelength in, I think, every respect," Trump said during a meeting in neutral Switzerland, waxing lyrical about trans-Atlantic ties and complimenting May in effusive terms.
"The prime minister and myself have had a really great relationship," he added. "Although some people don't necessarily believe that, but I can tell you, I have a tremendous respect for the prime minister and the job she's doing."
May echoed the gushing tone. "It's been great to see you," she said, "as you said, we had a great discussion today. We continue to have a great relationship between the UK and the United States."
But the warm words in the cool of the Alpine town of Davos come just weeks after Trump publicly upbraided his British counterpart and was forced to cancel a much-anticipated trip to London.
Trump had been expected to travel to the British capital earlier this month for the grand opening of a new, state-of-the-art US embassy.
But logistics and Trump's shock retweeting of anti-Muslim propaganda from a British far-right group threw sand in the gears.
It is now more than a year since Trump received and accepted an invitation for a prestigious state visit to Britain that would include a red-carpet welcome from Queen Elizabeth