British PM sent aides to mend ties with Trump

British Prime Minister Theresa May sent her two most senior aides on a “secret trip” to the U.S. last month aimed at improving relations with President-elect Donald Trump, Bloomberg Politics reported Thursday.

May’s joint chiefs of staff, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, met Trump’s team on American soil in December.

“The prime minister suggested it would be a good idea for key staff from both teams to meet,” May’s office told Bloomberg. 

{mosads}“President-elect Trump agreed this would be useful. We are pleased to have been able to make this happen and the prime minister looks forward to visiting the new president in the spring.”

Britain voted in favor of its so-called “Brexit” from the EU last June, and May replaced David Cameron as prime minister the following month.

May and her closest aides were at times critical of Trump before the billionaire’s White House win in November.

Hill tweeted before joining May’s administration that “Donald Trump is chump,” while Timothy previously tweeted he did not want “any ‘reaching out’ to Trump” from the U.K.”

May criticized Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim emigration into the U.S. as “divisive, unhelpful and wrong” in December 2015 while serving as Britain’s home secretary.

Shortly after his Election Day win, Trump raised eyebrows by tweeting a request for Nigel Farage, a key Brexit supporter, to become Britain’s ambassador to the U.S.

“There is no vacancy for that position,” British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told Parliament on Nov. 23 in response to Trump’s remarks.

Trump quickly invited May to the U.S. after his win, and May’s office has said it may return the favor by asking him to visit the U.K. as early as this year.