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US President Donald Trump has launched a virulent attack on British Prime Minister Theresa May's strategy on Brexit, a new twist to the "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom where he is official visit.
After sharply criticizing Germany at a NATO summit in Brussels where he also called for an increase in the European financial contribution, Mr Trump attacked Mrs May's plan for the future. trade relationship with the EU, in an interview with tabloid The Sun before his arrival Thursday afternoon on British soil.
According to him, this project will "probably kill" the possibility of a free trade agreement between Washington and London after the British exit from the EU at the end of March 2019.
The plan that Ms May proposed in Brussels plans to maintain close links with the EU at 27, by establishing a new "free zone" exchange "which would be based on a set of common rules concerning goods and the agri-food sector.
" If they make such an agreement, we would deal with the European Union instead of dealing with the United Kingdom ", said Mr. Trump, who has never hidden his preference for a hard Brexit synonymous with a clear break in ties between the UK and the EU
In Washington, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders tried to downplay the impact of these statements, saying that the American president "loves and respects a lot" Ms. May, since, she added to the press, "he said in his interview that she was + a very good person + and that he never has anything said of villain against him ".
British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Alan Duncan has also tried to play down. "Donald Trump loves controversy, it's his style, his color (…) I do not think it's rude," he said on the BBC Friday morning.
However, these remarks have raised the indignation of British parliamentarians and may weigh on the bilateral talks planned between the two leaders.
They also caused in the morning a decline in the British pound against the euro and the dollar.
Anthony Gardner President Barack Obama's former ambbadador to the EU has ruled Trump's statements "totally unacceptable" and "unprecedented" while on official visits. "He's out of control and shameful," he tweeted.
They may also further weaken Ms. May's position in her Conservative Party, as recent resignations by the Minister of Foreign Affairs foreigners Boris Johnson and Brexit David Davis, two eurosceptics, put her in a delicate situation.
M. Trump also did not rule out meeting his "friend" Boris Johnson, who, he said, would be a "great prime minister."
– Tea with the Queen –
Mr. Trump's new release is a slap all the more scathing for Ms. May that, Thursday night, she rolled out the red carpet and touted the strength of the transatlantic link.
The United States and the United Kingdom are not only "the most close friends, but also the dearest friends, "she said, welcoming the American president and his wife Melania for a dinner at the Blenheim Palace, a country residence near Oxford, where many representatives were also invited.
On Friday morning, the two leaders meet to inspect the troops at the prestigious Royal Sandhurst Military Academy, before bilateral talks and a luncheon at Checkers, the British Prime Ministers' country residence. 70 km north-west of London.
A joint press conference is next scheduled.
In addition to trade, exchanges between Mr. Trump and Ms. May will focus on the Near East, South Korea North and Russia, as the billionaire prepares to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time at a summit in Helsinki on Monday.
The President and his wife are then expected at the Windsor Palace, at a 30 kilometers west of London, to have tea with Elizabeth II.
This route will keep him away from the London protests against his coming, which should culminate in a gathering of tens of thousands of people in Trafalgar Square to denounce Trump's migration policy, his "badism" and his "denial" of climate change.
In the morning, a giant balloon representing a Donald Trump in diaper had to float in the sky londoni in close to Parliament
Demonstrations of dissatisfaction against the American president began on Thursday, with a rally in front of the residence of the American ambbadador in London.
"Donald Trump is not welcome!" chanted in heart the few hundred demonstrators gathered in front of the grids of Winfield House, located in Regent's Park.
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