BREXIT/BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said at a joint news conference with Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday [6-4-19] that he believed Brexit would eventually happen, adding that Britain is ‘a very, very special place and I think it deserves a special place.’ The comments came in the Durbar Court of the Foreign Office building on the second day of a three-day state visit as the two leaders held a brief but wide-ranging news conference that also touched on a trade deal, Huawei, Mr. Trump’s critics and tariffs on Mexico. Mr. Trump has been a critic of Britain’s approach to Brexit, suggesting that Britain should take a more aggressive approach, but after saying he did not want to take a strong position, he said, ‘I think it will happen.’ Britain has been forced to seek an extension with the European Union on its Brexit plan, leading some to wonder if the withdrawal might never happen. For her part, Mrs. May reiterated that the country would be able to negotiate a deal.”
–NYT Staff, “Trump Meets Farage and May in London,” The New York Times online, June 4, 2019