Trump: UK should leave EU without deal
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US President Donald Trump has waded into the most contentious issue in British politics by urging the UK government to leave the European Union without a deal if it can鈥檛 get better terms from EU leaders.
Trump told the Sunday Times that Britain should 鈥渨alk away鈥 from talks and refuse to pay a 39-billion-pound (US$49 billion) divorce bill if it doesn鈥檛 get better terms from the EU.
Trump also says Brexit party leader Nigel Farage, an outspoken advocate of leaving the EU without a deal, should be given a role in the negotiations. He told the newspaper that 鈥(Farage) is a very smart person. They won鈥檛 bring him in. Think how well they would do if they did. They just haven鈥檛 figured that out yet.鈥
Britain is scheduled to leave the EU on October 31 unless both sides agree to an extension. Britain鈥檚 position is in flux because Prime Minister Theresa May is stepping down as party leader on Friday, setting in motion a race to succeed her and become prime minister.
Trump has also taken the unusual step of saying that Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson would make an 鈥渆xcellent鈥 leader for the UK.
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