In news that will disappoint Brexiters, and everyone else to be fair, it seems that the UK is not a top priority for Trump’s trade deals.
The UK will be a second-order priority, sources have told the Guardian, hampering British attempts to meet their mid-May deadline.
US officials have decided to split their negotiations with more than a dozen other countries into three phases, with the UK being placed in either phase two or three, according to people who have been briefed on the talks.
A trade deal with the US would be the biggest prize for British negotiators, who made major strides toward separate agreements with the EU and India on Tuesday.
100 Days
It comes as Donald Trump warned that “nothing will stop me” as he reveled in his use of executive power to shape government at a rally in Michigan to mark his 100th day in office.
“In 100 days, we have delivered the most profound change in Washington in 100 years,” Trump said in front of 3,000 supporters. After taking the stage to Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA, the president said his administration had “just gotten started,” before adding: “You haven’t seen anything yet.”
Musk
Now, the Department of Government Efficiency lead, Elon Musk, is winding down he is being seen less inside the White House, according to the New York Post.
“Instead of meeting with him (Musk) in person, I’m talking to him on the phone, but it’s the same net effect,” White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told the newspaper.
She added that Musk “hasn’t been here physically, but it really doesn’t matter much.”
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