Trump promises May very substantial deal

President Donald Trump touted a “very, very substantial trade deal” between the United States and Britain after Brexit as he met Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday for fraught talks held amid street protests.

He joked to the outgoing British leader that she should “stick around” and reach a much stronger economic alliance with the United States once her country finally leaves the European Union. “I think we will have a very very substantial trade deal. It will be a very fair deal,” he told her at a meeting with business leaders and ministers, adding: “We’re going to get it done.”

Despite having repeatedly criticized May’s Brexit strategy, Trump said she had done “a fantastic job”. Nearby, left-wing activists inflated an orange blimp of a baby Trump dressed in a diaper at a rally outside parliament that brought morning rush hour traffic to a halt.

It signaled the start of what are expected to be large protests against the president on the second day of his three-day state visit. “Trump baby is just a mascot for a massive movement against Trump’s hateful and divisive politics,” organizer Leo Murray said.