Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump admits he has not studied closely whether Britain should exit the EU — but he weighed in anyway, saying the British should “go it alone.”
“I don’t think anybody should listen to me because I haven’t really focused on it very much,” the provocative billionaire tells Fox News on the eve of a historic referendum that could see Britain become the first nation in EU history to defect from the bloc.
But he pointed to the “mess” of Europe’s migration crisis, a lightning-rod issue that Trump routinely brings up along with US immigration policy at his campaign rallies.
“When you look at the things that are going on over there my inclination would be go it alone and go back to where you came from,” he tells the network. “That’s just my feeling.”
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to a crowd of supporters during a campaign rally on June 18, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Ralph Freso/Getty Images/AFP)
Trump has scheduled a trip to Scotland to attend the ceremonial re-opening of his golf course at Turnberry on Friday, the same day the Brexit results are expected.
— AFP
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