Did you win?
Violence mars summit protest
by PRESIDENT Trump says trans-Atlantic trade talks will be concluded “very, very quickly” – even though the UK must sort out its EU exit before they can even start.
He met Theresa May for talks during the G20 summit in Hamburg and later hailed their “very special relationship”
And he expects a “very, very big, very powerful” separate trade deal with the UK to be completed “very, very quickly”, he added. Hailing existing links between America and the UK, Mr Trump said: “There is no country that could possibly be closer than our countries.
“We have been working on a trade deal which will be a very, very big deal a very powerful deal, great for both countries and I think we will have that done very, very quickly.”
He added: “Prime Minister May and I have developed a very special relationship and I think trade will be a very big factor between our two countries.”
The pair enjoyed “tremendous” talks and had “really done a fantastic job together”, he told reporters. And he sig- tion has been extended and accepted and we will set out in due course precisely when that is,” they added. Mrs May and Mr Trump held 50-minutes of talks yesterday, with an insider describing the atmosphere between the pair as “very good”. Mr Trump’s daughter Ivanka stepped into her father’s shoes briefly during one key G20 session yesterday because the President had to “step out”, the White House later explained. Whit eM Mr Trump may have It will be a w wished he was able to step o out more often after he very, very big deal... nalled he would be visiting g got a tongue-lashing from a very powerful London after all, despite his h host, German Chancellor A Angela Merkel, over his state visit being omittedd deal... great d decision to pull out of the from the Queen’s Speech. in international Paris climate The White House previously usly ch change agreement. denied suggestions Mr Trumpmp did Mr Mrs Merkel said she “denot want to come to the UK K if th the ti trip plored” the US withdrawal – and said was likely to trigger noisy protests. there was a now a “group of 19” who “I will be going to London, yes,” he backed the Paris pact as “irreversible”. vowed yesterday. But asked when, he She added: “Wherever there is no replied: “We’ll work that out.” consensus that can be achieved, disagreeMPs debated Mr Trump’s planned visit ment has to be made clear. You are faearlier this year after 1.8 million people miliar with the US position, you know signed a petition demanding it be unfortunately – and I deplore this – the scrapped. A senior Government official USA left the climate agreement.” said no date had been set. “The invita- PROTESTERS and looters turned the streets of Hamburg into a blazing warzone for a second night of rioting by anti-globalisation activists at the G20 summit.
Cars were torched and fires lit as activists built barricades with bins and bikes in the Schanzenviertel area of the German city on Friday. Police officers were attacked with iron bars and Molotov cocktails.
Meanwhile Greenpeace activists scaled a bridge to unfurl a banner calling for action on climate change bearing the slogan “G20: End Coal”.