<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday denounced erstwhile ally Donald Trump after the president's supporters stormed Congress in response to his incendiary rejection of the US election result.</p>.<p>"All my life America has stood for some very important things: an idea of freedom and an idea of democracy," the New York-born Johnson told a news conference devoted to Britain's coronavirus crisis.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://wwwdeccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/donald-trump-has-two-weeks-left-but-how-much-of-a-future-936391.html" target="_blank">Donald Trump has two weeks left, but how much of a future?</a></strong></p>.<p>"In so far as he encouraged people to storm the Capitol and in so far as the president consistently has cast doubt on the outcome of a free and fair election, I believe that was completely wrong," he said.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://wwwdeccanherald.com/international/calls-mount-for-donald-trumps-immediate-removal-from-office-as-democrats-draw-up-articles-of-impeachment-936359.html" target="_blank">Calls mount for Donald Trump's immediate removal from office as Democrats draw up articles of impeachment</a></strong></p>.<p>"And I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol," the prime minister added.</p>.<p>"And all I can say is I'm very pleased that the president-elect (Joe Biden) has now been properly confirmed and duly confirmed in office, and that democracy has prevailed."</p>.<p>Johnson was the first European leader to speak to Biden after his November election victory, despite Biden's claim the populist prime minister was a "physical and emotional clone" of Trump.</p>
<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday denounced erstwhile ally Donald Trump after the president's supporters stormed Congress in response to his incendiary rejection of the US election result.</p>.<p>"All my life America has stood for some very important things: an idea of freedom and an idea of democracy," the New York-born Johnson told a news conference devoted to Britain's coronavirus crisis.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://wwwdeccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/donald-trump-has-two-weeks-left-but-how-much-of-a-future-936391.html" target="_blank">Donald Trump has two weeks left, but how much of a future?</a></strong></p>.<p>"In so far as he encouraged people to storm the Capitol and in so far as the president consistently has cast doubt on the outcome of a free and fair election, I believe that was completely wrong," he said.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://wwwdeccanherald.com/international/calls-mount-for-donald-trumps-immediate-removal-from-office-as-democrats-draw-up-articles-of-impeachment-936359.html" target="_blank">Calls mount for Donald Trump's immediate removal from office as Democrats draw up articles of impeachment</a></strong></p>.<p>"And I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol," the prime minister added.</p>.<p>"And all I can say is I'm very pleased that the president-elect (Joe Biden) has now been properly confirmed and duly confirmed in office, and that democracy has prevailed."</p>.<p>Johnson was the first European leader to speak to Biden after his November election victory, despite Biden's claim the populist prime minister was a "physical and emotional clone" of Trump.</p>