Theresa May: Trump told me to sue the EU

[DonViejo]

PM reveals president’s Brexit advice was not to negotiate with the bloc at all

Dan Sabbagh

Sun 15 Jul 2018 08.35 EDT

Theresa May has revealed that Donald Trump advised her to “sue the European Union” rather than negotiate with the 27-country bloc, in a private conversation that the US president referred to during his visit to the UK on Friday.

The prime minister was asked on the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show what the “brutal” Brexit negotiating advice was that Trump had talked about in their joint press conference outside the prime minister’s Chequers country retreat.

Revealing it for the first time, May said: “He told me I should sue the EU.” After being prompted by a surprised Marr, May repeated: “Sue the EU, not go into negotiations with them, sue them.”

The prime minister smiled, and indicated she had disregarded the advice, saying “actually we’re going into negotiations with them”, in remarks that will be interpreted as a put-down of the president. Trump leaves the UK this afternoon to fly to Helsinki to meet the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

On Friday, Trump had said he gave May “a suggestion, I wouldn’t say advice” about how to handle the Brexit talks, without revealing what it was. “I think she found it maybe too brutal, and that’s OK. I gave her a suggestion, not advice. I could fully understand why she thought it was a little bit tough.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/15/theresa-may-donald-trump-told-me-to-sue-the-eu

[tblue37]

1. Trump always threatens to sue but seldom follows through.

And as for "brutal" negotiations--remember how he said he would negotiate with Russians in the 1980s? He said he would yell, "F*** you," across the table and then walk out.

[dalton99a]

2. "Theresa, make sure it's not a Mexican judge"

[Shrike47]

3. She didn't think it was 'a bit tough', she thought it was stupid.

[roamer65]

4. Utter moron.

He needs to be removed from office.

[Gothmog]

5. In what court?