Trump urges Britain to go for no-deal Brexit
LONDON AFP JUNE2,2019- US President Donald Trump waded once again Sunday, into Britain’s Brexit debate on the eve of a state visit to London, urging Theresa May’s successor to leave the EU with no deal.
Whoever takes over as Britain’s next prime minister should not be afraid to “walk away” from negotiations with Brussels and should refuse to pay the agreed divorce bill, he told the Sunday Times newspaper.
The intervention comes after Trump used another newspaper interview to declare that former foreign minister Boris Johnson would be an “excellent” replacement for May.
Britain is rolling out the red carpet for the president this week, starting with a private lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and a state banquet at Buckingham Palace on Monday.
But large protests are also planned over what London Mayor Sadiq Khan described as Trump’s “divisive behaviour”, while opposition politicians are boycotting the banquet.