Who thought Donald Trump could be described as more diplomatic than President Obama?
Yet on the issue of #Brexit, the presidential hopeful has proved himself to be just that.
Trump gave an interview in which he said the UK would be “better off without” the European Union.
This will be very embarrassing for David Cameron, who backs the UK staying in the EU.
He told Fox News the migration crisis had been a “horrible thing for Europe” and blamed the EU for driving it.
Crucially, the Republican was careful to say he was not making a “recommendation”. Again, Cameron messed up by mocking Donald Trump before his selection.
Instead, he said, his “feeling” was that the British people should vote to cut ties with the EU in its June 23 referendum.
Compare this to Obama, who flew to Britain last month and controversially intervened in the referendum debate by telling the public it should vote to remain in the EU.
Obama’s injudicious remarks included the tacit threat that if Britain quit the EU it would go to the “back of the queue” in any future trade deal with the US.
Trump told Fox News: “I think the migration has been a horrible thing for Europe, a lot of that was pushed by the EU.
“I would say [the UK] are better off without [the EU], personally, but I’m not making that as a recommendation, just my feeling.
“I know Great Britain very well, I know the country very well, I have a lot of investments there.”
He then said: “I want them to make their own decision.”
Backing Brexit, of course, also neatly puts Trump in the opposite camp to David Cameron, who has not apologized for calling the tycoon “divisive, stupid and wrong” for suggesting that Muslims should be banned from entering America.
How on earth will the US-UK “special relationship” look if Trump makes it to the White House and Cameron remains at 10 Downing Street?
