Donald Trump has touted plans for a “major trade deal” with a post-Brexit UK while rekindling his rhetorical trade wars with Brussels by lashing out at a “very protectionist” EU.
The intervention from the US president came as part of an early-morning flurry on Twitter on Tuesday and reinforced the fundamentally different view of the UK and EU trade relationship than held by his predecessor Barack Obama. Mr Obama had warned that Britain would be at the back of the queue for any trade talks with the US should it leave the EU, while Mr Trump has regularly hailed a US-UK deal as a priority.
“Working on major Trade Deal with the United Kingdom. Could be very big & exciting. JOBS! The E.U. is very protectionist with the U.S. STOP!” the US president tweeted.