So is it good news for Brexit?

[Alex1975]

Trump is not a very nice man but... Did he say that the UK would be front of the queue for a trade deal with the US?

Could we get a quickie deal with Canada and the US before the EU get their ducks in a row?

As I say, as a person I would not wish Trump on anyone but this could be good for us right?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Trump is not a very nice man but... Did he say that the UK would be front of the queue for a trade deal with the US?

Could we get a quickie deal with Canada and the US before the EU get their ducks in a row?

As I say, as a person I would not wish Trump on anyone but this could be good for us right?

I wouldn't have thought they'd be so great if his policies are protectionist.

 

[Alex1975]

I wouldn't have thought they'd be so great if his policies are protectionist.

I read this 4 times and still can`t make out what your saying?

 

[Kellfire]

Another new thread on Brexit and Trump? :/

 

[Alex1975]

Another new thread on Brexit and Trump? :/

Its a specific questions or questions about trade deals with the US and UK.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Trump is not a very nice man but... Did he say that the UK would be front of the queue for a trade deal with the US?

Could we get a quickie deal with Canada and the US before the EU get their ducks in a row?

As I say, as a person I would not wish Trump on anyone but this could be good for us right?

Truthfully, I think nobody knows!

One of the problems with Trump is that he says whatever suits him in the moment without any concern for truth or having to live up to any promises. So on the one hand he said the UK would go to the front of the queue, but on the other hand he's for cancelling trade deals altogether.

FWIW my guess is that it's unfortunate timing for us. Leaving the EU only makes some sense if we can retain/establish better international links directly however the country we are arguably "closest" to is lurching in a direction that, at best, will make us uncomfortable.

Time will tell!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I read this 4 times and still can`t make out what your saying?

If we believe what Trump has been saying, then he will create jobs and wealth for the poorer through only agreeing trade deals that are good for America - and will impose significant import tariffs if the commodity could be home-produced. Now it may be that Trump views the UK through rose coloured glasses, when he sees the rest of the world through a glass darkly, and we will be at the front of the queue. Maybe.

 

[FairwayDodger]

If we believe what Trump has been saying, then he will create jobs and wealth for the poorer through only agreeing trade deals that are good for America - and will significant impose import tariffs if the commodity could be home-produced. Now it may be that Trump views the UK through rose coloured glasses, when he sees the rest of the world through a glass darkly. Maybe.

I think unpredictability may define US policy for a few years!

 

[freddielong]

I read this 4 times and still can`t make out what your saying?

I believe he is saying that most of Trumps policy appears to be about protecting the US and furthering the US s interests, it doesn't sound like someone who is going to be overly generous to other countries needs.

 

[Alex1975]

Yep, agree with all of that so far. And in a way, rightly so. US politics should be about the US for a moment. I guess I was just trying to feel out what might be in it for us.

That he has some UK businesses might help...?!

 

[RGDave]

In reality, from the sounds of it so far, there's only going to be one-way traffic.

Every single person in the US owes nearly £50,000 to the rest of the world. They can't pay it back, so it'll be bully-boy tactics all the way.

Like expecting to 'do a deal' with the bloke at the office who borrows money every day off some poor sap and couldn't care less about paying it back.

I think getting rid of 11 million people from your country is enough to worry about, since they are the underbelly of the 'gig' culture.
He's going to need money in a way never previously experienced to do even 10% of what he has lined up. That means slapping new taxes and tariffs on everything that leaves their shores.

 

[sawtooth]

It will be 3-4 years before a deal can be struck with the US, need to finish Brexit first.

 

[Alex1975]

It will be 3-4 years before a deal can be struck with the US, need to finish Brexit first.

It would take the EU that long... We might be slicker. But yes we need to be out before its usable. We also could be working on it now.

 

[Foxholer]

...
Every single person in the US owes nearly £50,000 to the rest of the world. They can't pay it back, so it'll be bully-boy tactics all the way.
...

Not so much 'to the rest of the world' as to China and Japan, who hold about 30% and 25% resp of US Public Debt!

 

[HowlingGale]

I think unpredictability may define US policy for a few years!

I think this about sums it up for me. Nobody knows. Yes, the guy's a bomb-scare, but he might surprise us.

I think the doom-mongers and naysayers need to let this one go. He's here for 4 years. Lets see what happens. Remember there's a process before he can push the big red button.

I might run for Prez. next time. Seems they'll let any clown do the job 😀.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Might be good news for Sturgeon - as Trump is very much pro-Scotland

 

[fundy]

Might be good news for Sturgeon - as Trump is very much pro-Scotland

yeah gonna be great for her after she called him deeply abhorrent lol

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

yeah gonna be great for her after she called him deeply abhorrent lol

that's true - he's not a fan of the SNP these days...

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Do you foresee USA Naval activity offshore of Abredeen ?

You must love our government, when threatened by Trump over offshore wind farms they give planning permission to build the largest turbines in the world.:lol:

 

[Farmergeddon]

According to the Mail this morning Trump called May last night had a 10 minute conversation in which he said she was Maggie to his Reagan, and if you believe that you will believe anything..