US ambassador insists Brexit deal with Donald Trump IS on the cards and they are ‘ready to get to work’
THE US Ambassador has insisted America WILL be on board for a Brexit trade deal - despite Donald Trump's outburst.
Woody Johnson attempted to repair some of the damage done after the President said the deal was "good for the EU", and we might not be able to sign a trade deal together.
President Trump caused a huge rift with Downing Street by his comments on Monday - thought to have been guided by a Fox News interview with Nigel Farage just hours before.
But Mr Johnson wrote for "If Britain takes back control of its trade policy, you will be at the head of the line.
"Together we could agree the most sophisticated and ambitious free trade deal ever done — a heavyweight deal that gets the whole world to sit up and take notice.
"Together, we can show the rest of the world how it’s done."
He described Britain and the US as the "perfect partners" and said it would be a "game-changer" for both sides to get a huge boost with a trade deal.
"The United States is ready to get to work," Mr Johnson added, revealing Americans and Brits have been meeting each other for over a year to lay the groundwork.
But the rift between Britain and the US is set to continue, and the pair are not on track to have one-on-one talks at this weekend's G20 summit.
A spokesperson said: "It's not something that we have requested."
Yesterday Mrs May hit back at President Trump's comments, insisting the UK is already in talks with the US about a deal.
She said while on a trip to Wales to sell her deal to the public: "As regards the United States, we have already been talking to them about the sort of agreement that we could have in the future.
Last night it was revealed that ex-Ukip leader Mr Farage had laid into the PM's deal on the President's preferred news channel just hours before his rant.
Mr Farage said the deal was the "worst in history" and we will "not be able for some years to do trade deals".
He added: "It means the prospects of a trade deal with the USA has been kicked way, way into the future."
In the past the US President has tweeted about reports he's watched on Fox News in the morning.
And hours later President Trump blasted: "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."
The Sun Says
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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Mr Farage was asked about whether he thought his comments had sparked the President's seemingly unprompted rant.
But he told MailOnline: "Who knows? Nothing to do with me, guv."
He added that the comments on the deal were just "a statement of fact and it would be at least six years after Brexit before there was any chance of a Transatlantic pact being sealed."
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