Trump says he would be ‘tougher’ in Brexit talks than Theresa May

President Donald Trump says he would take a “tougher” attitude toward Brexit negotiations than the approach now being used by British Prime Minister The- resa May.

“Would it be the way I negotiate? No, I wouldn’t negotiate it the way it’s (being) negotiated . ... I would have had a different attitude,” he said in an ITV interview.

“I would have said that the European Union is not cracked up to what it’s supposed to be,” he said.

Britain is preparing to leave the European Union in March 2019. The complex negoti- ations have moved slowly, and May’s Cabinet seems deeply divided over how best to separate Britain from the 28-nation bloc.

Trump expressed annoyance with EU trade policy: “We cannot get our prod- uct in,” he said. “It’s very, very tough. And yet, they send their product to us — no taxes, very little taxes.”

He says his problems with the EU “may morph into something very big” from a trade standpoint.

In t he inter v iew with journalist Piers Morgan, Trump had high praise for French President Emmanuel Macron.

“He’s a great guy,” Trump said. “His wife is fantastic. I like them a lot. You know, we had dinner at the top of the Eiffel Tower, and everything was closed.”

He said he looks forward to visiting Britain, where he has been invited for a state visit to be hosted by Queen Elizabeth II, and says he doesn’t care that some Britons want him to stay away.

He even joked about his hair: “It’s hanging in, barely,” he said.

Discussing the upcoming royal wedding that will feature an American bride, he says Britain’s Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle, look like a “lovely couple” and said he doesn’t know if he’s been invited to their May 19 nuptials.

Told by Morgan that Markle had called him a “divisive misogynist,” the president struck a friendly note: “Well, I still hope they’re happy,” he said.