1 Nov 2019

No 10 defends Brexit deal after Trump criticism

Washington Correspondent

President Trump also dismissed Labour warnings that the NHS would be up for sale after Brexit.

Downing Street has stepped in to defend Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal after Donald Trump criticised it on a radio phone in show, claiming it would prevent the United States from doing a trade deal with the UK.

President Trump also dismissed Labour warnings that the NHS would be up for sale after Brexit allowing US firms to profit from it, an idea he described as ‘ridiculous’. So what’s the reality?

Our Washington Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy reports.