The US President, Donald Trump Sunday called on Britain to send Nigel Farage to negotiate with Brussels and pursue a no-deal Brexit if the EU refuses to give Britain what it wants.
In an interview with "The Sunday Times" ahead of his state visit to the UK this week, the American president said the next prime minister should refuse to pay the ?39bn Brexit divorce bill and "walk away" if Brussels does not bow to Britain’s demands.
Trump said that it was not too late for Britain to follow his advice and "sue" the EU to give Britain greater "ammunition" in the talks.
Touching upon outgoing UK Prime Minister Theresa May, Trump said "They’ve got to get it done. They have got to get the deal closed. If they don’t get what they want, I would walk away. If you don’t get a fair deal, you walk away," Trump said, adding that the UK should withdraw from the EU before the end of this year.
Referring to the hefty Brexit divorce bill, Trump said "if I were them, I wouldn’t pay 50 billion dollars; that is a tremendous number."
Separately, he mentioned Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, who Trump claimed should be at the helm of talks related to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
