Trump UK visit: Farage meets president as Tory leader hopefuls reject Trump’s demand NHS is opened to US firms
'Comprehensive' trade deal promised as US leader suggests American involvement in healthcare a possibility
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump has insisted the NHS would be “on the table” in any post-Brexit trade talks. “When you’re dealing with trade everything is on the table. So NHS or anything else, a lot more than that,” the US president said at a press conference with Theresa May.
He earlier promised, not for the first time, a “very substantial” post-Brexit trade deal with the UK as he met Ms May on the second day of his state visit, following a lavish royal banquet at Buckingham Palace. The leaders also discussed the role of Huawei in the UK’s 5G network.
Meanwhile, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has said he had a “good meeting” with the president at the US ambassador’s residence and that Mr Trump “really believes in Brexit”.
Mr Farage was photographed being driven into Winfield House on Tuesday afternoon.
He later tweeted: “Good meeting with President Trump - he really believes in Brexit and is loving his trip to London.”
Mr Farage has campaigned for years to take Britain out of the European Union and is one of Trump’s most prominent British supporters. The president has called him a friend.
Mr Farage’s newly founded Brexit Party was the big winner in last month’s European Parliament elections in Britain, scooping up support from voters angry that the UK has not left the EU.
He has criticised the prime minister's divorce deal with the bloc and said Britain should leave the EU without an agreement.
Mr Trump praised Ms May’s handling of Brexit on Tuesday, saying she had gotten a good deal.
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What you may have missed amid the more glitzier lines in that news conference between Mr Trump and Theresa May is that the president ruled out limiting UK-US intelligence sharing over the spat about the use of China's Huawei technology company in 5G infrastructure.
Mr Trump said he was "confident" of securing a agreement with London on the matter, with his administration seeing Huawei as a security threat.
That is a big win for Ms May, with the row threatening to do damage to relations with Washington.
There has been another flashpoint between Trump supporters and anti-Trump protesters in Parliament Square according to our reporter Tom Batchelor.
Anti-Trump demonstrators are shouting "fascist scum off our streets".
Tom has also been speaking to Stan from New York, who is selling badges at Parliament Square.
Stan says that the "Another nasty woman against Trump" pin has been his bestseller today.
Some of the more colourful scenes from the Trafalgar Square protests Donald Trump describes as "small" and "fake news".
Here's Labour's statement about Jeremy Corbyn requesting a meeting with Donald Trump. Mr Trump embarrassed Corbyn during his press conference with Theresa May by revealing that the British opposition had requested a sit-down meeting with him and been turned down.
"Jeremy Corbyn proposed a meeting with Donald Trump during the president’s visit. Jeremy is ready to engage with the president on a range of issues, including the climate emergency, threats to peace and the refugee crisis," they say.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has also responded to Mr Trump remarks about the NHS being part of trade deal negotiations.
Donald and Melania Trump have finished a tour of the Winston Churchill War Rooms and the presidential motorcade has rolled away from the Foreign Office.
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