President Trump says the United States and the United Kingdom have an 'extraordinary alliance,' and the top ally will get a trade deal after it leaves the European Union.'It's the greatest alliance the world has ever known,' he said at a joint news conference on Tuesday afternoon with British Prime Minister Theresa May in London.May's final day in office is this Friday. She resigned after she failed for a third time at getting Parliament to accept her Brexit deal.Trump predicted that Brexit would eventually happen, saying, 'This is a great great country and it wants to have its own identity.' 'I think it will happen, and I believe the prime minister;s brought it to a very good point where something will take place in the not too distant future. She's done a very good job.' President Trump says the United States and the United Kingdom have an 'extraordinary alliance,' and the top ally will get a trade deal after it leaves the European Union 'It's the greatest alliance the world has ever known,' he said at a joint news conference on Tuesday afternoon with British Prime Minister Theresa May in London WHAT PROTESTS? President Trump said reports on mass protests are 'fake news' because he didn't see themHe told the outgoing UK leader: 'Prime Minister May, it's been a true honor, I have greatly enjoyed working with you, you are a tremendous professional and a person that loves your country dearly. 'Trump also claimed that he's beloved in the UK, where there were mass protests taking place that were timed to his visit. Liberal politician Jeremy Corbyn was participating in the Tuesday protest, after boycotting the queen's state dinner for Trump on Monday evening.The U.S. president's route on Tuesday from a business roundtable to No. 10 for talks with May did not take him past the protest, however, leading him to surmise at the news conference that reports on the demonstration inflated the impact.'I didn't see the protesters, until a little while ago. It was a very small group of people, put in for political reasons. So it was fake news,' he said. The evening prior, the president said he didn't seem them on his way to Buckingham Palace, either.'So a lot of its fake news,' he claimed. 'It was tremendous spirit and love. It was great love.'Earlier on Tuesday, the president he wants to finalize a trade deal with the U.K. before May leaves office on Friday. May resigned last month as prime minister but delayed her departure until after the conclusion of the U.S. president's state visit.'I don't know exactly what your timing is, but stick around, let's do this deal,' he told May at the start of a business roundtable at St. James's Palace.At the presser May told a UK reporter who asked if she'd do that, 'nice try,' and confirmed her timeline for exiting office had not shifted. President Trump said Tuesday that he wants to finalize a trade deal with the U.K. before Theresa May leaves office on Friday Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May (R) escorts
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