President-elect Donald Trump has given Brexiteers hope that there will be a trade deal in the offing as British Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to give a speech signaling that Britain is ready to make a clean break with the European Union. A speedy trade deal, Trump said, would be good for the United States and the United Kingdom, and he added that he plans to meet with May shortly after he takes office Friday. “This is another card in the prime minister’s hand, another arrow in her quiver because the European Union until now has been assumed to have a better hand to play. In his interview, Trump said that Britain’s weak pound was “great for business.”“The fact that your pound sterling has gone down? I think Brexit is going to end up being a great thing,” he said.

Source: Washington Post January 16, 2017 15:43 UTC