AYRSHIRE, Scotland (AP) " Donald Trump, in a closely watched visit to Scotland on Friday, hailed Britain's vote to leave the European Union, drawing parallels to the anger driving his own presidential campaign. With his remarks carried live across the world, Trump spent most of his 15-minute speech not talking about Brexit, but offering a detailed accounting of the renovations to the course. Trump, who called the vote "a great thing," said earlier this week that he hadn't closely followed the so-called Brexit vote but he had come out in support of the "Leave" movement. When asked if he had spoken to his foreign policy advisers about the vote, Trump said "there was nothing to talk about" and that a Trump administration would continue to count Britain as a close ally. The campaign leading to Thursday's stunning vote for Britain to leave the European Union shared some of the nationalist, populist themes driving the Trump campaign, including a wariness of immigration, concern about borders and skepticism of the value of multinational organizations.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 24, 2016 09:01 UTC