BRITAIN/EU/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [6-4-19] urged Britain to forge ahead with plans to quit the European Union, dangling the prospect of a ‘phenomenal’ trade deal with the United States as the British grapple with a polarizing political crisis. Mr. Trump said that ‘everything will be on the table’ in negotiations for such a deal, including opening Britain’s public health system to American competitors — an assertion that caused an uproar and which he later walked back. Still, by raising the prospect of a Britain overly dependent on the United States, Mr. Trump’s remarks further divided politicians and inflamed thousands of anti-Trump protesters on the streets. Taking credit for having predicted the outcome of Britain’s Brexit referendum in 2016, Mr. Trump said he believed Britain could now leave the European Union, even if it fails to make a deal with Brussels by the Oct. 31 deadline.”
–Mark Landler and Maggie Haberman, “As Trump Dangles Post-Brexit Trade Deal, Some Britons See Opportunism,” The New York Times online, June 4, 2019