Donald Trump says he wants to be very involved with UK 'because you don’t hear the word Britain anymore'

                                    photo credit=aol.co.uk     Donal Trump has said he wants to be very involved with the UK because "you don’t hear the word Britain anymore".

The US president promised last week to forge a “very big and exciting” trade deal with the UK after Brexit.

He tweeted that his administration was “working on a major trade deal. Could be very big & exciting. JOBS!"
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Trump was asked whether he could give any more information about the prospective deal.

"No, but I can say that we’re going to be very involved with the UK I mean, you don’t hear the word Britain anymore. It’s very interesting. It’s like, nope," the president said according to a transcript of the interview published by Politico on Tuesday.

Mr. Trump, whose mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, was Scottish, also expressed concern about whether there would be a second Scottish independence referendum - and what the consequences could be for the British Open.

"Is Scotland going to go for the vote, by the way? You don’t see it. It would be terrible. They just went through hell," the president asked the WSJ editor, Gerard Baker, according to the transcript.

"They just went through hell," he repeats.

"One little thing, what would they do with the British Open if they ever got out? They’d no longer have the British Open."

Baker's response is inaudible. Mr. Trump then says: "Scotland. Keep it in Scotland."

The US president has several golf interests in Scotland, including his resorts, Trump Turnberry and Trump International Golf Links near Aberdeen.