World leaders who previously dismissed and ridiculed the former reality TV star also are adjusting to a new normal.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, who at one point called Trump's proposed ban on Muslim foreigners entering the United States "divisive, stupid and wrong," said Thursday at a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Trump "deserves our respect" for making it through the primaries.
Abe, whose country was aghast at Trump's idea of Tokyo acquiring nuclear weapons, was unable to suppress a smirk at his host's comments.
The British leader did not offer an actual mea culpa for his earlier statements, despite a Trump adviser having called on Cameron to apologize for his initial outburst. Indeed, Cameron went on to say that his view about Trump's comments remains.
