Everything and the opposite of everything in less than 24 hours. Donald Trump has now accustomed us to this too and after having heavily criticized Theresa May for Brexit and attacked the “inhospitable” Mayor of London Sadiq Khan through an interview with Sun, radically changes its tone and announces the "rediscovered love" between the US and the UK.
"Probably we had never developed a better relationship between us" as the American president announced during yesterday's gala dinner at the opening of the talks of the summit underway in the government residence of the Checkers, in Buckinghamshire.
Theresa May also seems to agree that during the joint press conference with the tenant of the White House she announces that Washington and London will work together to get there “an ambitious free trade agreement”, after the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union. A surprise agreement that probably also represents a breath of fresh air in internal politics, where the May government is facing many vicissitudes culminating in the resignation of the two Eurosceptic ministers Boris Johnson – friend of Trump – and David Davis and the publication of the White Paper containing the Brexit plans.
PM @Theresa_May and @POTUS Donald Trump visited UK and US military personnel at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and then had a meeting at Checkers to discuss a range of foreign policy issues pic.twitter.com/HHY9l8r7Fw
- UK Prime Minister (@ 10DowningStreet) July 13 2018
Returning to today, May's announcement found the sure support of Trump who said he was ready to seize "this incredible opportunity", reiterating that between the United Kingdom and the United States "there is a more than special relationship". The two leaders seem to have the same ideas also about Russia: “We agreed that it is important to have a dialogue with Russia by putting ourselves in a position of strength and by remaining united,” Theresa May said. We recall that Trump will meet Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday 16 July as part of their first bilateral summit and has the objective of improving relations between Moscow and Washington.
Joint Press Conference with Prime Minister Theresa May…https://t.co/XQLkayYKlM
- Donald J. Trump (@ realDonaldTrump) July 13 2018
Remaining on the subject of agreements and commercial exchanges, another important piece of news arrives today from Italy: the Italian Parliament will not ratify the Ceta trade agreement with Canada and Italian officials who support the treaty will be removed. This was announced by the M5s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Development, Luigi Di Maio, speaking at the Coldiretti assembly. “CETA will soon arrive in the chamber for ratification and this majority will reject it and will not ratify it,” said Di Maio.
