Trump vows fair UK trade deal, tells May to stick around

US President Donald Trump has promised outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May a very substantial and fair trade deal with the UK after its exit from the European Union (EU), asking her to “stick around” and finish the job.

"I think we'll have a very very substantial trade deal, it'll be a very fair deal, and I think it's something we both want to do," Trump told May and business leaders at the start of a roundtable meeting in London on Tuesday. "We're going to get it done."

"We are your largest partner... I think there's a great opportunity to greatly enlarge that, especially now," Trump told the business leaders attending the breakfast meeting.

He thanked May for the job she had done as premiere and asked her to remain on the job until the deal was completed.

"I don't know exactly what your timing is, but stick around. Let's do this deal," Trump told May, who is due to resign on Friday after failing to deliver Brexit since taking the job in the aftermath of the June 2016 EU referendum.

She will remain in post while a contest is held within the ruling Conservative Party to replace her.

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