TRUMP DEFENDS BREXIT “A GREAT THING”
DONALD Trump last night declared he wants to help make Brexit a “great thing” with a bumper transatlantic trade deal.
The President-elect said he “loves” the UK and will offer a quick and fair trade agreement with the US within weeks of taking office.
In an interview with Michael Gove for The Times – the Sun’s sister newspaper — he revealed he was inviting Theresa May to visit him “right after” he gets into the White House.
In an interview, the President-elect said: “I love the UK.
“We’re gonna work very hard to get it (a trade deal) done quickly and done properly – good for both sides.”
Mr Trump added: “I will be meeting [Mrs May]. She’s requesting a meeting and we’ll have a meeting right after I get into the White House and it’ll be, I think we’re gonna get something done very quickly.”
He also predicted more countries will follow Britain by leaving the European Union – because of the migration crisis and Angela Merkel’s “catastrophic” decision to open Germany’s borders.
I look very much forward to meeting Prime Minister Theresa May in Washington in the Spring. Britain, a longtime U.S. ally, is very special!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2017
He said: “People, countries want their own identity. I believe others will leave.”
Mr Trump said he thought that “Brexit is going to end up being a great thing”.
The Pound sank last night on fears Mrs May will commit to leaving the single market and the customs union.
It collapsed to a three-month low early today as trading opened in Australia and New Zealand, falling below $1.20 for the first time since October’s Tory conference.
But Mr Trump welcomed the fall in the value of the Pound for having helped to boost the attractiveness of British products abroad.
The revelation will be a huge boost to Theresa May ahead of her crunch Brexit speech on Tuesday.
The prospect of such a close relationship between the US and the UK will pile pressure on the EU ahead of the Brexit negotiations.
Chancellor Philip Hammond threatened Brussels with an all-out tax war if the EU decides to “wound” Britain in the talks.
During an hour long interview in Trump Tower, the President Elect revealed Theresa May had written to him just after Christmas.
She sent a gift of a copy of Winston Churchill’s address to the American people shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.
In the letter the PM told Mr Trump that she hoped the sentiment of “unity and fraternal association” between the two countries was “just as true today as it has ever been”.
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