She is desperate to leverage his mistrust of the EU and liking for Brexit

into a refounding of the Special Relationship (Obama, very understandably, saw Germany as more important than us, largely because they are). So she's nervous about upsetting him and lapped up that Churchill bust thing.

A fast trade deal with the US post-Brexit would very much be in her (and our) interests. Only problem with that being, you can cut a trade deal fast or you can cut it well - they take years, not months, and from what we know of Trump's negotiating history in business the US opening position may not be to our best advantage (unsurprisingly, since he is after all on the other side).

Posted By: Old Man, Jan 29, 21:05:48