“My Administration looks forward to negotiating a large scale Trade Deal with the United Kingdom,” he tweeted. He has allied himself with pro-Brexit figures in the U.K., and has repeatedly promised to make a trade deal with the U.S. ally. Pro-Brexit lawmakers have downplayed fears of chaos at ports and food and medicine shortages, noting that the U.K. will revert to World Trade Organization (W.T.O.) terms, and have dismissed the warnings as part of a “Project Fear” by those seeking to delay and eventually cancel Brexit. Lawmakers voted Wednesday on a non-binding motion to reject a “no deal” Brexit, meaning that Parliament will vote Thursday on a motion that would call for May’s government to seek an extension of Britain’s departure until June.

Source: Fox News March 14, 2019 12:33 UTC