HOW is this making america great again?
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-calls-his-own-sun-interview-fake-news-1022312
The president had told The Sun that May’s current plan for Brexit would “probably kill” any potential trade deal with the U.S. by keeping Britain too closely aligned with the European Union.
“I would have done it much differently,” Trump said of Brexit negotiations. “I actually told Theresa May how to do it but she didn’t agree, she didn’t listen to me.”
He added that he did not think the Brexit deal formulated by May was what “Leave” supporters in the 2016 referendum voted for.
The president also said he thought Boris Johnson, May’s old rival for the Conservative Party leadership and her foreign secretary until he resigned last week in opposition to her Brexit plans, would “be a great prime minister.”
“Well, I am not pitting one against the other,” Trump said. “I am just saying I think he would be a great prime minister. I think he’s got what it takes.”
But he also told the newspaper that May is “a very good person,” and that he “never said anything bad about her.”
“I think she is a nice person. I get along with her very nicely,” Trump said.
The interview has overshadowed what was an important visit by Trump for May’s government. Central to plans for a post-Brexit Britain is a free trade deal with the U.S.
Trump claimed he had tapes proving the quotes in Sun interview were fake news, Conservative media made the mistake of believing their cheeto messiah:
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/13/trumps-got-the-tapes-says-sun-interview-is-fake-news/
“I didn’t criticize the prime minister. I have a lot of respect for the prime minister and, unfortunately, there was a story that was done which was generally fine, but it didn’t put in what I said about the prime minister and I said tremendous things,” Trump declared, adding, “Fortunately, we tend to record stories now so we have it for your enjoyment if you like it. We report when we deal with reporters. It is called fake news.”
The Sun then released their tape of the interview:
Trump denies he said something that he said on a tape everyone has heard
President Trump’s complaints about “fake news” are often dishonest. But rarely has it been so transparent.
At a news conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Britain on Friday, Trump claimed that a newspaper interview that quoted him criticizing May’s Brexit and trade strategies was “fake news.” “I didn’t criticize the prime minister,” he said. He went on to suggest a recording would vindicate him.
The recording exists. And it completely and utterly contradicts Trump’s claim.
The Sun — which, by the way, is owned by Trump ally Rupert Murdoch — had already posted lengthy audio clips of Trump’s comments, and they clearly feature him saying:
“I actually told Theresa May how to do [Brexit], but she didn’t agree. She didn’t listen to me.”
“I would say she actually went the opposite way. . . . But it’s too bad what’s going on.”
“I think the [European Union trade] deal she is striking is not the one people voted on, exactly. It’s a much different deal than people voted on. It was not the deal that was in the referendum.”
“But it will definitely affect trade with the United States, unfortunately in a negative way.”