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Trump says Brexit a 'great thing,' will meet PM May to reach trade deal with UK
US-President-elect Donald Trump said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday that “Brexit is going to end up being a great thing.” He also confirmed he will be meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May soon after his inauguration on January 20 to finalise a trade agreement between the two countries that will be “good for both sides.” Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI wish immigration wouldn't be brought up all the time the source of all the worlds ill's. I am against unfetted immigration but seriously, if the likes investment in local infrastructure hasn't been allowed for (roads, rail, housing ect), then where is everyone going to be accommodated?
Jan 16th, 2017 - 02:25 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Of course he thinks Brexit will be great, Nothing will further Russia's interests more than to see the E.U. break up and reduce in power.
Jan 16th, 2017 - 05:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The European crisis is a massive and multi-layered one. It is, of course, an economic crisis, but that crisis is made worse by a political one, which itself is compounded by a profound social crisis and, as a result, the entire EU system and the elites which used to run it are now facing a fundamental crisis of legitimacy. As for the European politicians, they are far more busy denying the existence of the crisis rather than dealing with it. The United States which for decades carefully fostered and nurtured an entire generation of spineless, narrow-minded, neutered and infinitely subservient European “leaders” is now facing the unpleasant outcome that these European politicians are as clueless as blind puppies and that they simply have no policy and no vision whatsoever as to what to do next: they are all locked into a short term survival mode characterized by a quasi total tunnel vision which makes them oblivious to the environment they are operating in. A continent which produced the likes of Thatcher, de Gaulle or Schmidt now produces vapid non-entities like Hollande or Cameron and more likely May ( but lets wait and see ) Trump will thus inherit a de-facto colony completely unable to manage itself. And, just to make things worse, while that colony’s comprador “elites” has no vision and no policy, at the same time it is deeply hostile to Donald Trump and in full support of his Neocon enemies. Again, this is a situation which no American President has ever faced. Good comment by the Saker ,( Russian ancestry but lives and works in the USA )
Jan 16th, 2017 - 07:08 pm - Link - Report abuse -2Sadly the Evil EU deserves all it gets,
Jan 16th, 2017 - 08:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0it has become a slab of reinforced concrete tied around your neck,
and they flattery refuse to take it off,
they will never change, a good idea has been ruined by brainwashed wannaby little dictators , 5 President's who couldn't make a jam sandwich between them,
the sooner we are out the better,
then good luck to them.
@ElaineB
Jan 17th, 2017 - 01:12 am - Link - Report abuse +2Yes, his opinion on Brexit is entirely unsurprising. It fits in with his anti-elitist pose and weakens the EU which is a rival power block to the US.
@Paragon
Interesting theory. What exactly do you think the US has been doing to Europe that produced weak leaders in only the last decade or so? And do you include Blair in this list too? How about Merkel?
It's hardly surprising they are hostile to Trump though, since he wants to disband NATO and has encouraged an ugly US nationalism, as well as embracing financial policies that could potentially screw up the world economy. In my opinion it is completely rational for the leaders of almost any other country to be suspicious of and hostile to Trump, though not very sensible of them to be open about it.
Trump believes that Atlantic City was a success. Looks like he wants to repeat it on a country wide scale.
Jan 17th, 2017 - 01:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0Trump says Brexit a 'great thing':
Jan 17th, 2017 - 05:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0- For who?
- For the Trump-Empire?
@DemonTree
Jan 17th, 2017 - 09:09 am - Link - Report abuse +4Agree with your view of Trump campaigning on an anti-elitism pledge. What is so sad is how so many gullible individuals never thought to think that Trump is the total epitomy of the elitism that the were so fanatical in voting against. I just hope that government and civil servants are able force Trump to reflect when in post and are able to temper this naraccistic, arrogant bully, especially one who has his finger on 7000+ nuclear warheads.
Trump is planning to convert Scotland into a 2500 hole golf course with little Jimmy Crankie as barmaid in the clubhouse.
Jan 17th, 2017 - 09:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0ElaineB
Jan 18th, 2017 - 05:36 pm - Link - Report abuse +3It was the EU's foreign policy (or lack of it) that has caused most of the problems with Russia in the 1st place. They interfered in the Ukraine, and when the Russians pushed back and annexed the Crimea, the cowards in the EU did nothing.
And who was held responsible for this colossal FUBAR in the Ukraine? No one, because the decisions are made by a bunch of unelected officials who have NO ACCOUNTABILITY whatsoever.
I don't know whether Trump will be a good or bad President. It's far too early to say. But what I do know is that he's far more pro-British than Obama ever was, which can only benefit the UK.
As for what he says...well he's not a politician. He says things the way he sees them, and doesn't use flowery political double-speak as politicians do. Will this go against him? Who knows...as I said it's far too early to know for sure.
But what he says about the EU and NATO is right. The majority of NATO members don't fulfil the requirement for membership...only 5 do: USA, UK, Poland, Estonia and Greece. Greece, despite ALL it's financial problems manages to pay the 2% GDP required...but Germany and France DON'T. Yet all those other countries expect to be protected by NATO.
Trumps right, it they don't believe their safety and security is important enough to spend the money on it, why should they get any help?
Lets face it, without the USA, NATO is nothing. The majority of NATO missions are manned mainly by US and UK troops, with the US giving the largest numbers.
Why should US troops fight and die for countries that aren't willing to risk their own citizens to do so?
As for Merkel, he was spot on about her. When she threw open the borders, without any controls whatsoever, she made a monumental mistake, but that mistake won't only affect Germany, it'll affect the whole of the EU. How can one country be allowed to take unilateral decisions that have such and impact on ever other member?
The EU is finished. Good riddance to it.
The EU is finished. Good riddance to it.
Jan 20th, 2017 - 08:34 pm - Link - Report abuse +1totally agree with you.
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