Trump might like Brexit less when he sees what it does to the economy

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Trump might like Brexit less when he sees what it does to the economy

By David J. LynchSeptember 5 at 5:00 AM

President Trump’s support for Britain’s exit from the European Union may be about to collide with his election-year hopes of presiding over a strong economy.

The president has long seen “Brexit” as reflecting the same sort of nationalist impulse that drove his White House upset in 2016. He has hailed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who vows to sever ties with Europe on Oct. 31 no matter what, as a kindred populist spirit.

But as British Parliament this week dealt Johnson a stunning four consecutive defeats, the prospect of further delay in leaving the E.U. or a chaotic no-deal divorce spiked.

Continuing instability in the world’s fifth-largest economy — coupled with anti-government protests in Hong Kong, a U.S.-China trade war, and financial problems in major developing countries such as Argentina and Turkey — threatens to become a drag on an already troubled global economy.

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[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Did they not see how Trump simply added Alabama to the hurricane map?

Reality is whatever Trump says it is.

[louis-t]

2. Doesn't matter, he'll blame the Fed, Hillary, Obama

every one of his former staff members, his kids, Pence, anyone who loses their life savings, Wall Street, the kid on the corner selling apples.....

[htuttle]

3. He will like it, because Putin tells him to like it