U.S. President Trump says as the UK prepares to leave the EU, the US is committed to a phenomenal trade deal

I like this word: phenomenal

Ohhh, the next visit will be to Greece? after Italy?
there is affirmative brexit from what I see

yeah, till he change his mind

im always reminded of this Goodfellas quote when i hear trump say hes gona help after brexit with a trade deal LOL

If you're part of a crew, nobody ever tells you that they're going to kill you, doesn't happen that way. There weren't any arguments or curses like in the movies. See, your murders come with smiles, they come as your friends, the people who've cared for you all of your life. And they always seem to come at a time that you're at your weakest and most in need of their help.

next week start new tarrfis against Mexico, reitaretes by D Trump

Italy and Greece can't leave EU at this point...its too late. They are already broke, but without the EU they would go beyond that and become the 3rd world countries of Europe.

A great deal for USA and pay back time for UK for all the help they have received during the past 100 years.

Trump! What a guy..

Uk is with the US and the rest of EU will be with china this is the new world but i think UK should make deal with its neighbor it will be beter cause US will loose the trade war with china for sure

Nonsense. EU and PRC have neither common interest nor common background. Zero. If anything, China seems to be quietly building an Eurasian Union with Russia and the -stan country satelites.

About USA losing the trade war: It may come as a surprise but the rest of the world quietly avoids getting involved. If the US president was any other than Trump (guess why), they would be cheering even joining. Trump's first term is almost over, and the second one is anything but certain.

Careful now. the situation is a bit more nuanced than that. Poorer/corruption-ravaged EU countries are ready to welcome China with open arms -- see Italy signing up to Belt & Road despite the protest of its bigger neighbors. And nobody really wants to join US/China war openly if they can somehow manage selling to both sides, it's not just about Trump's term -- in the US both Rep & Dem want to push China as far as they can. Dem Senate leader has been whispering into Trump's ear "Good job Mister President, keep pressing China for the good of all of US!"for a while now.

You should also remember that India has been getting ground in the world and particularly in the US tech sector for a while now. Strong China is the LAST thing India needs and it's going to press buttons wherever it can.

US is the battleground for a whole new era of proxy wars between ascendant empires, and it doesn't even know it!

Second step for trump is to put tarrif on auto parts coming from EU the reason will be that EU are refusing to enter the trade war with the US against PRC and we saw that in 'huawi' they refuse to put it on black list and we can see a lot of contradictions in politics between france, germany and the US especially on iran. Trump now is acting like he is preparing for a war ''cold war'' for sure and he wants alliances in this war this why he is ready to make a phenomical deal with UK to be on his side. He dreams and work very hard to finish europian union like they did with the soviet union. US don't want strong unions against they start to make problems in france to put pressure on it to change its politics they are doing the same as they did in the midfle east countries. They wsnt UK to work with them on that but i belive that everyone who put his hand with americans will be looser or a burned card in the end

So nice you bring up Italy's "signing into Belt and Road"... Italy is a country that is not actually "poor" even if its public finances are a mess. Corruption-laden, I agree. Above all - led by a far right/populist government that did the sign on. And not only them. Add Hungary to the list. Hungary vetoed a EU resolution condemning PRC's human rights abuses. Led by another populist, a great friend of the far right.

The cross-party agreement in the US congress about PRC is a very important facet of this affair that the usual commenters in here ignore, always forcused on Trump Trump Trump. Those who think trade war will remain just a trade war are, in my opinion, deluding themselves. Part of it will be driven by CCP, to whom everything is political. It is one of the hallmarks of "totalitarism". The fact how quickly they started talking about "war" (not trade war, real one) is pretty telling. Here USA has a distinctive advanatage, being able to exert pressure on PRC sector by sector, and so far US government have wisely restricted themselves to the trade/business arena.

At this point India has not done much, which in itself can be taken as a silent support to the US. A few days ago Trump announced certain trade restrictions on India, there was no obvious reaction. I think that's pretty telling.

Trump wants alliances? This is a most peculiar statement, to put it mildly. Because he sure behaves as if US allies were his sworn enemies.

What he did with TPP is most telling. A great potential wasted out of pure spite (probably because Obama made it), and to cater to his far-right electorate. The result - Japan took it up from where US under Trump dropped it. In the end, TPP was ratified, and now USA is out instead of sitting in the captain seat.

Trump wants alliances? This is a most peculiar statement, to put it mildly. Because he sure behaves as if US allies were his sworn enemies.
'' u agree with my last statments everyone who put his hand with americans will be looser or a burned card in the end.''

Not necessarily. I don't think is as black and white as that.

I totally support US agenda on PRC, which is not just Trump's - the bipartisan agreement on it is a lot more important, even if does not grab the headlines often (on a number of issues, Congress has actualy taken tougher measures than Trump's administration).

Yet often do I scowl at Trump's choice of actions in supposed support of this policy, which may backfire or misfire as often as they hit the target. I am just sorry to see US self-handicap because of the unique personality flaws of their President and Commander-In-Chief, the political constraints imposed on him by a particular voter base, and his apparent ineptitude at masterfully wielding the levers of power.

I already gave example of TTP's wasted potential. Another good example:

Canada stuck their neck out in the Huawei affair and it looks like Trump administration offered them 0 help in mitigating the expected CCP backlash. Will they stick their neck for USA again?

You may say that Canada got burned, and you may be right. The danger of being burned is there. Yet one thing that the trade war has clearly illustrated is how isolated PRC is on the international stage. This is not a coincidence. Most contries share USA concerns, they just disdain and fear this administration. They fear PRC as much or more. Russia is a clear exception here, as both Russia and PRC seem to have reach a state of Entente solely driven by a shared enemy, USA. Let's hope the decades of natural alliance between Western Europe and USA are stronger than Trump's malignant influence, who will one day be gone.

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Here are the official policy documents of EU on China:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/communication-eu-china-a-strategic-outlook.pdf

http://eeas.europa.eu/archives/docs/china/docs/joint_communication_to_the_european_parliament_and_the_council_-_elements_for_a_new_eu_strategy_on_china.pdf

I think I noticed a pattern there:
1. In the beginning there is some general pillow talk about importance of relations, etc etc. Then a detailed list of specific issues follows. A great majority of these issues highlight a potential or actual EU-PRC conflict.
2. If we take the trade arena, the issues highlighted in this documents are pretty much identical with those raised by USA.

I think a careful reading of these documents show that EU is a natural ally of USA in the trade war in particular and with respect to dealing with PRC in general. Exception: Iran - not being drawn to Middle East affairs, I can not comment very effectively on that. Yet it does not need to be a deal breaker for common action on PRC, unless one subscribes to a simplistic all-or-nothing approach to foreign relations, a very unwise way of doing things.

For Information:

Any understanding of whats involved in the proposed "Phenonomal" UK-US trade agreement should begin with close reading of the "United States-United Kingdom - Summary of Specific Negotiating Objectives" - (Executive Office of the President) Link: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/Summary_of_U.S.-UK_Negotiating_Objectives.pdf
For those that support exiting the EU, in the expectation of regaining a mythically lost Sovereignty.. this makes sobering reading. The overwhelming message in these US terms are that UK must change its standards in a whole range of areas to US standards.
Astonishingly it goes further, it actually dictates UK foreign policy.

PS.We found this bit particularly fascinating..
Quote:
"With respect to commercial partnerships:
 Discourage actions that directly or indirectly prejudice or otherwise discourage commercial
activity solely between the United States and Israel;
 Discourage politically motivated actions to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel;
 Seek the elimination of politically motivated non-tariff barriers on Israeli goods, services, or
other commerce imposed on Israel; and
 Seek the elimination of state-sponsored unsanctioned foreign boycotts of Israel, or
compliance with the Arab League Boycott of Israel. "


A "Special Relationship"?
#ffw

UK PM MAY will not PM any more soon and other will never Sell NHS for deal

Trump is a great salesman!

the big picture is strategic where eventually the USA has their foot planted in Europe right on the door step of the EU it is all down to the EU not offering a deal or concessions so instead they will have an aggressive neighbour on the Western front and the Eastern front. What else can the UK do but oblige the new world order is changing a small island that offers the USA full access to the continent of Europe breathing down the necks of France and Germany. It's just where they want to be. The world's most powerful super power right inside Europe

what gets me why would he buy into a failing organization like the nhs

Restructure it to fit the US Health Insurance model. NHS is already subject to drug speculation, why not officiate the matter.