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TRUMP'S
BREXIT BLAST I told May how to do Brexit but she wrecked it — the
US trade deal is off, says Donald Trump
In
a world-exclusive interview with The Sun, the US President said
Theresa May had ignored his advice by opting for a soft Brexit
strategy
13
July, 2018
DONALD
Trump today accuses the PM of wrecking Brexit — and warns she may
have killed off any chance of a vital US trade deal.
The
US President delivers his incendiary verdict on her negotiating
strategy in a world exclusive interview with The Sun.
In
a world exclusive interview with The Sun, Donald Trump said Theresa
May had ignored his advice by opting for a soft Brexit strategy
In
an extraordinary intervention timed to coincide with his UK visit, Mr
Trump said Theresa May ignored his advice by opting for a soft
Brexit strategy.
And he warned her any attempts to maintain close ties with the EU would make a lucrative US trade deal very unlikely.
Mr
Trump said: “If they do a deal like that, we would be dealing with
the European Union instead of dealing with the UK, so it will
probably kill the deal.”
Donald
Trump said Theresa May's new soft Brexit blueprint would 'kill' any
future trade deal with the United States
His
comments, damaging to the Prime Minster, come as he delivers his most
brutally honest verdict yet on Britain in which he also:
- Accused EU leaders of destroying its culture and identity by allowing in millions of migrants
- Tore into London Mayor Sadiq Khan for not standing up to terrorists
- Blamed Khan for spiralling crime in the capital
- Insisted former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson would make “a great Prime Minister”
- Denied once branding Theresa May a “bossy schoolteacher”
- Maintained he would keep ties with Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin despite the Salisbury Novichok poisonings
- Demanded Britain and other Nato countries spend more on defence
- Spoke of his sadness at feeling unwelcome in the capital by anti-Trump protesters
- Claimed millions of Brits backed his policies
- Told of his pride at taking wife Melania to meet the Queen
Mr
Trump’s remarks come as he prepares to meet the PM for a working
lunch at Chequers.
He
will then board a helicopter for Windsor Castle to meet the Queen
before flying up to Scotland for a private two-day visit.
Thousands
of people are expected to take part in a series of protests during
his stay in the UK.
I told May how to do Brexit but she didn't listen to me
The Sun were the only British media outlet Donald Trump spoke to before his arrival in the UK for his first visit as President
THERESA
May’s new soft Brexit blueprint would “kill” any future trade
deal with the United States, Donald Trump warns today.
Mounting
an extraordinary attack on the PM’s exit negotiation, the President
also reveals she has ignored his advice on how to toughen up the
troubled talks.
Instead
he believes Mrs May has gone “the opposite way”, and he thinks
the results have been “very unfortunate”.
His
fiercest criticism came over the centrepiece of the PM’s new Brexit
plan — which was unveiled in full yesterday.
It
would stick to a common rulebook with Brussels on goods and
agricultural produce in a bid to keep customs borders open with the
EU.
But
Mr Trump told The Sun: “If they do a deal like that, we would be
dealing with the European Union instead of dealing with the UK, so it
will probably
Theresa
May greets President Donald Trump at Blenheim Palace
“If
they do that, then their trade deal with the US will probably not be
made.”
Mr
Trump made the bombshell intervention during a world exclusive
interview with The Sun — the only British media outlet he spoke to
before his arrival in the UK for his first visit as President.
It
will pour nitroglycerine on the already raging Tory Brexiteer revolt
against the PM.
And
in more remarks that will set off alarm bells in No10, Mr Trump also
said Mrs May’s nemesis Boris Johnson — who resigned over the soft
Brexit blueprint on Monday — would “make a great Prime
Minister”.
A
big US-UK trade deal, long promised by Mr Trump, is cherished by
Leave campaigners as Brexit’s biggest prize.
But
the President said Mrs May’s plan “will definitely affect trade
with the United States, unfortunately in a negative way”.
He
explained: “We have enough difficulty with the European Union.
“We
are cracking down right now on the European Union because they have
not treated the United States fairly on trading.
“No,
if they do that I would say that that would probably end a major
trade relationship with the United States.”
Questioned
on Boris’s comments at a private dinner two weeks ago that Mr Trump
“would go in bloody hard” if he was negotiating Brexit, the
President swiftly replied: “He is right.”
He
added: “I would have done it much differently. I actually told
Theresa May how to do it but she didn’t agree, she didn’t listen
to me.
“She
wanted to go a different route.
“I
would actually say that she probably went the opposite way. And that
is fine.
“She
should negotiate the best way she knows how. But it is too bad what
is going on.”
US
President Donald Trump talks candidly to The Sun about Trade
Theresa
May rolled out the red carpet for President Trump and wife Melania
during their first night in Britain
Asked
if that meant he would be prepared to walk away from the negotiating
table, Trump replied: “Oh, absolutely. I think what is going on is
very unfortunate. Too long.
“You
know, deals that take too long are never good ones. When a deal takes
so long, they never work out very well.”
Mr
Trump also went even further in questioning whether Mrs May’s new
Brexit plan upholds the referendum result — which he claimed he
predicted two years ago. He said: “The deal she is striking is a
much different deal than the one the people voted on.
“It
was not the deal that was in the referendum. I have just been hearing
this over the last three days. I know they have had a lot of
resignations. So a lot of people don’t like it.”
Despite
the withering criticism of Mrs May’s Brexit strategy, Trump
insisted he still thinks she is “a very good person”.
He
also denied claims that she bores him.
Asked
about a report in The Washington Post that he thinks of Mrs May as “a
bossy schoolteacher”, Mr Trump said: “No, no, no, no. I never
said anything bad about her.
“That
is fake news. I think she is a nice person. I get along with her very
nicely. The Washington Post is totally fake. They are just a lobbyist
for Amazon.”
Recalling
a visit to one of his luxury golf resorts in Scotland two years ago,
Mr Trump said: “I predicted Brexit.
Donald
Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump were welcomed by Britain's
Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip May
“I
was cutting a ribbon for the opening of Turnberry — you know they
totally did a whole renovation, it is beautiful — the day before
the Brexit vote.
“I
said, ‘Brexit will happen’. The vote is going to go positive,
because people don’t want to be faced with the horrible immigration
problems that they are being faced with in other countries.
“You
remember that Barack Obama said that there is no way it is going to
happen, and the UK will get to the back of the line if it ever does,
right? I said Brexit will happen, and I was right.”
At
a press conference in Brussels yesterday at the end of a summit of
Nato leaders, Mr Trump again cast doubt on whether the PM’s soft
Brexit plan was true to the referendum result.
He
said: “I don’t know if that’s what they voted for.”
Donald
Trump, unlike predecessor Barack Obama, predicted Brexit
Downing
Street was left shell-shocked by the criticism.
Mrs
May rushed out her own statement to hit back at the President’s
claim.
The
PM insisted: “We have come to an agreement at the proposal we’re
putting to the European Union which absolutely delivers on the Brexit
people voted for.
They
voted for us to take back control of our money, our law and our
borders and that’s exactly what we will do.”
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