The US President said the PM's deal sounded it like it would be 'great for the EU' but poured cold water on whether we could sign a deal of our own
THERESA May is set to snub Donald Trump at the G20 this weekend after he claims Britain won't be able to do a trade deal with the US after Brexit.
The Prime Minister's spokesperson said there were "no plans" for one-on-one talks between the two leaders at the gathering of world heads in Argentina later this week.
The US President yesterday said the PM's deal sounded it like it would be "great for the EU" and claimed it would stop us trading together when we leave.
Throwing the "special relationship" into turmoil, he said: "I think we have to take a look at seriously whether or not the UK is allowed to trade because, right now, if you look at the deal, they may not be able to trade with us and that wouldn’t be a good thing."
And today her spokesperson said on individual talks: "It's not something that we have requested."
Mrs May hit back and Mr Trump's claims today, saying President Trump had got the wrong end of the stick on her deal.
On the first leg of her tour of the UK to sell the Brexit agreement today she said: "It clearly identifies we will have an independent trade policy and we will be able to negotiate trade deals with countries around the rest of the world."
Mrs May said during a visit to the Royal Welsh Winter Fair in Builth Wells, Powys: "As regards the United States, we have already been talking to them about the sort of agreement that we could have in the future.
"We have a working group set up and that is working very well, has met several times and is continuing to work with the US on this."
And she promised that Britain is already in talks with other countries around the world - including Asia.
Mrs May vowed to have "control" and strike deals that would boost our economy and bring jobs for Brits - saying we have resisted the EU on this.
The PM's official spokesperson said UK-US groups had already met five times to talk about a trade deal.
It comes after Mrs May's former Cabinet ally Sir Michael Fallon came out all guns blazing against her deal today.
He said it would be the "worst of all worlds" and it was "doomed" as it stood.
Sir Michael, who was Defence Secretary until last year, claimed Mrs May should force her negotiators back to Brussels and insist on getting a better deal.
And if that meant delaying Brexit, so be it, he added.
"We have to get this right," he said.
And DUP leader Arlene Foster said Mrs May's trip was a "waste of time" as Parliament wouldn't support her deal.
She said the PM had "given up" hope on trying to secure a better deal for Northern Ireland.
Theresa May will visit Wales and Northern Ireland today as part of her drive to sell her deal to voters and MPs.
She will also face Jeremy Corbyn in a head-to-head debate on the same day as the I'm A Celeb final, The Sun revealed today.
Mrs May laughed off suggestions she would win in a ratings battle with the jungle hit show, adding: "Nothing has been settled in terms of when the debate will take place."
DONALD Trump said what everyone knows about our Brexit deal: it’s good for the EU, not Britain.
The US President has always been vocal about his desire to strike a bumper free trade deal with us.
But, by agreeing to most of the EU’s demands, our Prime Minister has likely ended any hope of this.
Trump could not have been any clearer in July when he told The Sun that Mrs May was destroying the prospect of a US free trade deal. She didn’t listen.
Under her proposal, we will be tied to the EU’s protectionist racket, unable to bargain with prospective trading partners and without any say or influence over rules imposed upon us.
Judging by the angry letters we have been sent by our readers, it is clear the public loathe the PM’s capitulation.
The Sun has long argued that, in a globalised world increasingly packed with new technologies and emerging industries, the ability to trade freely would have been a boon for Britain.
Trump understood this and saw Brexit as an exciting opportunity for prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic.
Former Australian PM Tony Abbott also saw it as something to embrace.
What a shame our PM has seen it as an embarrassing damage-limitation exercise.
We are wasting a golden opportunity.
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