Trump asked me to sue EU over Brexit: Theresa May

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday revealed that US President Donald Trump had suggested she "sue" the European Union instead of negotiating with the economic bloc on Brexit.

During a joint press conference at the British PM's Chequers retreat on Friday, Trump had told that he had given May a suggestion on how to deal with the EU but she probably found that "brutal" and "too tough".

"He told me I should sue the EU – not go into negotiations," May told the BBC, on being asked what that suggestion was.

The British PM went on to defend her controversial new White Paper for Brexit, which has shaken up her government with high-profile Cabinet resignations, and urged critics, both in and out of her own Conservative party, to back it.

"Interestingly, what the President also said at that press conference was 'don't walk away'. Don't walk away from those negotiations because then you'll be stuck. So, I want us to be able to sit down to negotiate the best deal for Britain," she said, urging people to "keep their eye on the prize" of Brexit.

Her message comes ahead of crucial votes in the House of Commons on trade and customs policy in the coming week, during which the government is likely to be under pressure to get them through Parliament.

Trump, who began a fourday visit to the UK on Thursday, will conclude the private leg of his tour in Scotland today to head to Finland for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki tomorrow. "The weather is beautiful and this place is incredible. Tomorrow I go to Helsinki for a meeting with Vladimir Putin," he said in a message on Twitter.

He played a few rounds of golf at his Turnberry golf course on the Ayrshire coast, where he arrived on Saturday after tea with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle.