Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign has been about “taking our country back,” and he has been a supporter of U.K’s exit from the European Union. Mr. Trump exulted over the outcome of the Brexit referendum, not only because it gives a fillip to the anti-trade, anti-immigration – anti-globalisation in general - rhetoric that is the staple of his politics, but also due to the business opportunity that a falling British currency may hold out for him personally. “I hope America is watching, it will soon be time to believe in America again,” he said in a Facebook post.
Mr. Trump hoped that the Americans were watching the British people "reassert control over their own politics, borders and economy.”
In Scotland for the opening of a Trump golf resort, Mr. Trump said the people of the U.K have “taken their country back.” “I think it’s a great thing that happened…People are angry, all over the world. People, they’re angry.” “When the pound goes down, more people are coming to Turnberry (his resort), frankly,” Mr. Trump said.
Barack Obama, who has been an ardent promoter of global trade, urged the people of U.K to vote remain in EU during his last visit as president to the country in April. Mr. Trump had objected to the President’s position and said he would support U.K’s exit.
In the Facebook post, the Republican candidate said the people of U.S. have “declared their independence from the EU. ”The people of the United Kingdom have exercised the sacred right of all free peoples. They have declared their independence from the European Union, and have voted to reassert control over their own politics, borders and economy.”
The statement said “a Trump Administration pledges to strengthen our ties with a free and independent Britain, deepening our bonds in commerce, culture and mutual defense.”
“The whole world is more peaceful and stable when our two countries – and our two peoples – are united together, as they will be under a Trump Administration. Come November, the American people will have the chance to re-declare their independence. Americans will have a chance to vote for trade, immigration and foreign policies that put our citizens first. They will have the chance to reject today’s rule by the global elite, and to embrace real change that delivers a government of, by and for the people.”
