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In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, file picture European and French flags are flapping at the Elysee Palace in Paris, during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and local, national political leaders, unions, business leaders and others to hear their concerns after four weeks of protests. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced Thursday that the government will start hiring 600 extra government employees including customs agents to handle cross-border trade and security. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

The Latest: Johnson urges May to use Brexit loss as leverage

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Boris Johnson MP stands to speak in the House of Commons at the start of a five-day debate on the Brexit European Union Withdrawal Agreement, Tuesday Dec. 4, 2018. The British government received a historic rebuke from lawmakers on Tuesday over its Brexit plans, an inauspicious sign for Prime Minister Theresa May as she opened an epic debate in Parliament that will decide the fate of her Brexit divorce deal with the European Union. (Parliament TV/PA via AP)

UK’s Boris Johnson reprimanded for failing to report income

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, central England, Tuesday Oct. 2, 2018. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

UK’s May tells party to drop dream of a ‘perfect’ Brexit

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Conservative MP Boris Johnson arrives at the Conservative Party Conference at the ICC, in Birmingham, England, Tuesday Oct. 2, 2018. He's not a member of the government and he's not speaking on the main stage, but Boris Johnson is a star at Britain's Conservative Party conference. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Boris Johnson turns up heat on May at Conservative meeting

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FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 file photo, Britain's former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson reacts to seeing photographers taking his picture as he sits in a spectator seat whilst attending the fifth cricket test match of a five match series between England and India at the Oval cricket ground in London. Boris Johnson says Prime Minister Theresa May's blueprint for Brexit will lead to &quot;political and economic disaster,&quot; and refuses to rule out trying to replace her. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

UK’s Johnson brands Theresa May’s Brexit plan ‘deranged’

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FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 file photo, Britain's former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson reacts to seeing photographers taking his picture as he sits in a spectator seat whilst attending the fifth cricket test match of a five match series between England and India at the Oval cricket ground in London. Boris Johnson says Prime Minister Theresa May's blueprint for Brexit will lead to &quot;political and economic disaster,&quot; and refuses to rule out trying to replace her. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Boris Johnson doesn’t rule out challenge to Theresa May

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Boris Johnson’s Brexit ‘suicide vest’ comment sparks furor

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Boris Johnson and wife announce separation, divorce

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In this Thursday, May 25, 2017, file photo British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, left, and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrive for a meeting during the NATO summit of heads of state and government, at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels. British ex-Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has slammed Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit policy, a move likely to fuel speculation that he is seeking to oust her. Johnson wrote in the Daily Telegraph on Monday Sept. 3, 2018, that May's so-called Chequers plan for continued ties with the European Union after Brexit will leave Britain in a weakened position. (Thierry Charlier/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UK ex-minister Johnson slams prime minister’s Brexit policy

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Burqa Letter Box Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The former foreign minister of the U.K. is no bigot, but his critics may be

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, June 21, 2018, Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson talks during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, Poland. The chairman of Britain's governing Conservative Party Brandon Lewis on Tuesday Aug. 7, 2018, asked former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to apologize for a newspaper column written by Johnson, that said burqa-wearing women looked like &quot;letter boxes&quot;. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, FILE)

UK Conservatives to investigate Boris Johnson burqa comments

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FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, June 21, 2018, Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson talks during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, Poland. The chairman of Britain's governing Conservative Party Brandon Lewis on Tuesday Aug. 7, 2018, asked former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to apologize for a newspaper column written by Johnson, that said burqa-wearing women looked like &quot;letter boxes&quot;. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, FILE)

UK’s May urges Boris Johnson to apologize for burqa comments

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Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson leaves after a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) ** FILE **

Donald Trump urged by U.K. not to nix Iran nuke deal

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Europa building in Brussels on Monday, March 19, 2018. European Union foreign ministers on Monday are set to discuss Ukraine, Syria, Korea and Iran. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Boris Johnson defends U.K. role in Syria strikes

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gives evidence to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee in Portcullis House, London Wednesday March 21, 2018. Johnson said Russia carried out a nerve-agent attack on British soil because the U.K. has &quot;time and again called out Russia over its abuses&quot; of human rights and democratic values. (PA via AP)

Johnson: Putin glorifying hosting World Cup is sickening

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Various police, Army and other emergency service personal attend a scene in Durrington near Salisbury, England, Monday March 19, 2018, as a car is taken away for further investigation into the suspected nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. NATO's secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that &quot;all 29 NATO allies stand united,&quot; with Britain amid diplomatic tensions with Russia over the March 4 poisoning of the ex-spy in an English city. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

The Latest: Russia: UK treatment in ex-spy case ‘barbaric’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to supporters during a rally near the Kremlin in Moscow, Sunday, March 18, 2018. An exit poll suggests that Vladimir Putin has handily won a fourth term as Russia's president, adding six more years in the Kremlin for the man who has led the world's largest country for all of the 21st century. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Vladimir Putin dismisses Russian role in attack on spy Sergei Skripal

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Britain's Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, speaking at the Chatham House London Conference at an hotel in London, Monday Oct. 23, 2017. Johnson is urging North Korea to “change course” and engage in diplomacy to resolve the crisis over its nuclear ambitions. But he says U.S. President Donald Trump is right to keep the option of military action open. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

UK’s Johnson urges North Korea to ‘change course’ on nukes

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 file photo, Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrives at 10 Downing Street in London. Britain's statistics regulator has accused Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson of misleadingly claiming that leaving the European Union will give Britain an extra 350 million pounds ($475 million) a week to spend on health care. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

UK statistics body chides Boris Johnson over EU cost claim

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British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, left, and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop look at each other during a press conference following their meeting in Sydney, Thursday, July 27, 2017. Johnson said that he supports a proposed free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and Australia, as his country looks to strengthen its relationships with allies ahead of Britain's departure from the European Union. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Boris Johnson lends support to Australia-UK free trade deal

By KRISTEN GELINEAU - Associated Press