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DONALD TRUMP IS INTERVIEWED Trump praises Brexit, dissses the EU, rubbishes Angela Merkel, speaks glowingly about Israel, and puts his Jewish son-in-law in charge of negotiating \u00a0a \u201cpeace deal\u201d with the Palestinians. The CIA warns him to watch his step and \u201cbe very careful.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Donald Trump has delivered a huge boost to Britain by promising a trade deal within weeks of taking office to help make\u00a0Brexit a \u2018great thing\u2019.<\/p>\n The President-elect spoke in glowing terms of his \u2018love\u2019 for the UK and revealed he was inviting Theresa May to visit him \u2018right after\u2019 he gets into the White House.<\/p>\n He said that he wants a trade agreement between the two countries secured \u2018very quickly\u2019 \u2013 making a mockery of President Obama\u2019s threat that, if the country voted for Brexit, we would be at the \u2018back of the queue\u2019.<\/p>\n The comments follow weeks of overtures to the Trump camp by Number Ten, including a visit by Mrs May\u2019s joint chiefs of staff \u2013 and give her a huge boost ahead of her major Brexit speech tomorrow.<\/p>\n Significantly, he struck a decidedly harsher tone with the EU \u2013 predicting more countries will leave and saying it has been hugely damaged by the migration crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n Germany and its Chancellor Angela Merkel were lambasted for making a \u2018catastrophic mistake\u2019 when she let in more than one million migrants.<\/strong><\/p>\n He said: \u2018I think it\u2019s very tough. People, countries want their own identity and the UK wanted its own identity.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n In a joint interview with Michael Gove for the Times, and the German newspaper Bild, Mr Trump also revealed that Mrs May had written to him just after Christmas.<\/p>\n She sent a gift of a copy of Winston Churchill\u2019s address to the \u00adAmerican people, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.<\/p>\n In the letter the PM told Mr Trump that she hoped the sentiment of \u2018unity and fraternal association\u2019 between the two countries was \u2018just as true today as it has ever been\u2019.<\/p>\n She is now on a charm offensive with Trump, \u2014 Trump says: \u2018I love the UK\u2019 and promises to get post-Brexit trade deal done very quickly<\/p>\n \u2014 Theresa May sends him copy of Churchill\u2019s famous 1941 speech to Americans given from the White House<\/p>\n \u2014 Declared that he could agree a nuclear weapons \u00adreduction deal with Russia\u2019s President Putin in return for lifting US sanctions.<\/p>\n \u2014 He said: \u2018For one thing, I think nuclear weapons should be way down and reduced very substantially, that\u2019s part of it.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2014 He pledged that orders will be signed next Monday to strengthen America\u2019s borders, which could include \u00adtravel restrictions on Europeans coming to the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 Threatened \u2018extreme vetting\u2019 for those entering America from parts of the world known for Islamist terrorism.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 Said that he will start off by trusting Mrs Merkel and Mr Putin \u2014 but that might not last long.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 Slammed Nato as \u2018obsolete\u2019 and claimed they had \u2018not bothered about terrorism\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 Described the decision to invade Iraq as \u2018possibly the worst \u00addecision ever made in the history of our country\u2019, \u00adsaying it was like \u2018throwing rocks into a \u00adbeehive\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 During the interview at Trump Tower, the president-elect told Vote Leave champion Mr Gove: \u2018I love the UK.\u2019<\/p>\n Pointing to a possible meeting with Mrs May at the White House in February, he said: \u2018We\u2019re gonna work very hard to get it done quickly and done properly. Good for both sides.<\/p>\n \u2018I will be \u00admeeting with [Mrs May]. She\u2019s requesting a meeting and we\u2019ll have a meeting right after I get into the White House and it\u2019ll be, I think we\u2019re gonna get something done very quickly.\u2019<\/p>\n Trump had nothing but praise for Brexit.<\/strong><\/p>\n He welcomed the fall in the value of the pound for having helped to boost the attractiveness of British products abroad.<\/p>\n Ahead of his inauguration on Friday, he also that said he was also looking \u00adforward to visiting Britain, saying his Scottish mother was \u2018proud of the Queen\u2019.<\/p>\n He went on: \u2018Any time the Queen was on television, an event, my mother would be watching.<\/p>\n Mr Trump also joked that his Scottish \u00adancestry meant he liked to \u2018watch my \u00adpennies\u2019, adding: \u2018I mean I deal in big \u00adpennies, that\u2019s the problem.\u2019<\/p>\n The remarks will come as both a relief to No 10, and be seen as a vindication of the strategy pursued by Mrs May. She was accused of being ill-prepared for a Trump victory. Further embarrassment followed when Ukip-leader Nigel Farage was invited for an early meeting at Trump Tower.<\/p>\n In the interview, Mr Trump also confirmed that he would appoint (((Jared Kushner))), his son-in-law, to broker a Middle East peace deal<\/strong>. He urged Britain to veto any new UN Security Council resolution critical of Israel<\/strong> and repeated his criticism of President Obama\u2019s handling of the Iran nuclear deal.<\/p>\n LD: Trump\u2019s appointment of his Jewish son-in-law as chief Middle East negotiator in Occupied Palestine can only be described as \u201cinflammatory\u201d\u2014 a prescription for disaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n Jared Kushner, a slum \u201clandlord from hell\u201d, has a reputation for tenant harassment. One of his New York tenants, hearing of his \u201cnightmarish\u201d accession to power under Donald Trump, says of Kushner: \u201cI don\u2019t know how to tell you how despicable this man is.\u201d (See Jared Kushner, Thug Landlord<\/a>). Thanks to Kushner\u2019s \u00a0sudden rise to \u201cunimaginable power\u201d, he has been described in a new book as \u201cthe President-in-Law<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Here is a development that does not bode well for the future: \u201cDiplo\u00admats from more than 70 na\u00adtions met in Paris yes\u00adter\u00adday for talks on achiev\u00ading the \u201ctwo-state so\u00adlu\u00adtion\u201d that has pit\u00adted the US and Is\u00adrael against the in\u00adter\u00adna\u00adtional com\u00admu\u00adnity on the issue of Pales\u00adtinian state\u00adhood. Nei\u00adther Mr Trump\u2019s tran\u00adsi\u00adtion team nor the Is\u00adraeli ad\u00admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion at\u00adtended.<\/a>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n It does\u2019t look as if either Trump or his Jewish son-in-law are interested in arriving at an internationally agreed solution to the Palestine problem. Handing back stolen land to its rightful owners, it seems, is not to be on the cards under America\u2019s new President and his \u201cPresident-in-Law\u201d. [LD] \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n TRUMP ATTACKS ANGELA MERKEL<\/strong><\/p>\n Angela Merkel was lambasted over Germany\u2019s open-door migration policy by Donald Trump last night.<\/strong><\/p>\n The president-elect said that German Chancellor Mrs Merkel had made a \u2018catastrophic mistake\u2019 by allowing 1 million migrants into her country \u2013 and he predicted that the European Union will fall apart.<\/strong><\/p>\n In comments that will trigger alarm in Berlin and Brussels, Mr Trump said that he fully understood why Britain had voted for Brexit and he thought others could follow suit.<\/strong><\/p>\n He said: \u2018I do believe this, if [EU countries] hadn\u2019t been forced to take in all of the refugees, so many, with all the problems that it entails, I think that you wouldn\u2019t have a Brexit. It probably could have worked out but this was the final straw, this was the final straw that broke the camel\u2019s back.<\/p>\n \u2018I think people want\u2026 their own identity, so if you ask me\u2026 I believe others will leave.\u2019<\/p>\n Mr Trump was also far less warm about Mrs Merkel than he has been about Theresa May. He said that he had \u2018great respect\u2019 for the German leader.<\/p>\n But, in a withering attack, he told The Times and German newspaper Bild: \u2018I think she made one very catastrophic mistake and that was taking all of these illegals, you know, taking all of the people from wherever they come from.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018And nobody even knows where they come from. So I think she made a catastrophic mistake, very bad mistake.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr Trump added that he thought the entire EU had become a \u2018vehicle\u2019 for Germany.<\/p>\n \u201cI think she made a catastrophic mistake.\u201d LD : I have often been attacked for referring to these asylum seekers as \u201cMuslim<\/em> migrants\u201d, as if to imply that the term \u201cMuslim\u201d is inaccurate. In fact, the overwhelming majority of these asylum seekers come from Muslim countries where Islam is the official religion. The 10 main countries that supply Europe with its asylum seekers, in order of numerical importance, are: Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Albania, Pakistan, Eritrea, Nigeria, Iran, and Ukraine. (See graph<\/a>)<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2014 \u00a0\u00a7 \u00a0\u2014<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the outgoing director of the CIA yesterday warned Mr Trump to watch his mouth<\/strong> \u2013 especially when talking about Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n Criticising the president-elect\u2019s regular posts on Twitter, John Brennan told Mr Trump to stop \u2018talking and tweeting\u2019<\/strong> and said being so off the cuff was bad for national security.<\/p>\n Appearing on Fox News Sunday \u2013 a show that Mr Trump often watches \u2013 Mr Brennan said: \u2018Spontaneity is not something that protects national security interests and so therefore when he speaks or when he reacts, just make sure he understands that the implications and impact on the United States could be profound.\u2019<\/p>\n Mr Trump said last week that he was not opposed to lifting sanctions if Russia was \u2018really helping us\u2019.<\/p>\n He also said that, once he has been sworn in, meeting the Russian president was \u2018absolutely fine with me\u2019.<\/p>\n Mr Brennan called for Mr Trump to be \u2018very, very careful\u2019 about cosying up to Russia and said \u2018the world is watching\u2019 what he says.<\/strong><\/p>\n He said: \u2018I think Mr Trump has to be mindful that he does not have a full appreciation and understanding of what the implications are of going down that road.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n At a press conference last week Mr Trump, whose inauguration is on Friday, had likened his treatment by the intelligence agencies to being in Nazi Germany. But Mr Brennan said the comparison was \u2018outrageous\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n He said: \u2018The world is watching now what Trump says and listening very carefully. If he doesn\u2019t have confidence in the intelligence community, what signal does that send to our partners and allies, as well as our adversaries? It\u2019s more than just about Mr Trump.\u2019<\/p>\n
\nBY THE TIMES<\/em> (UK) LAST WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBRITAIN\u2019S ULTRA-CHIC PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY<\/h4>\n
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\nexpecting Hillary to be the next occupant of the White House.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\nFURTHER TRUMP COMMENTS:<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
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\n\u2014 Donald Trump<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nTHE \u00a0CIA \u00a0WARNS \u00a0TRUMP<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n\u201cTHE WORLD IS WATCHING! . . . BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL!\u201d<\/em><\/h4>\n