Donald Trump to visit UK day after 'Brexit' vote
Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will visit Britain on June 24, the day after the June 23 referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of European Union (EU).
Trump will travel to Scotland to visit the Turnberry Golf Resort, a property he has been working to open since buying the Turnberry hotel in 2014, Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks confirmed.
But the timing of Trump's visit, presumably for business purposes, is significant.
On June 23, Britain will vote on the significant issue of whether it should stay in the EU. The decision has far-reaching consequences for both the country and the bloc.
Trump, a billionaire businessman from New York City, has said he supports a British exit from the EU, also known as Brexit, though he hasn't spent much time discussing about the issue.
Trump told ITV's "Good Morning Britain" earlier this month that if he were the president, a Brexit would not hurt the UK in terms of trade relations with the US. He told the Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday, "Oh yeah, I think they should leave."
Membership of the European Union has been a controversial issue in the UK since the country joined the then European Economic Community in 1973.
Those in favor of a British withdrawal from the EU argue that outside the bloc, London would be better positioned to conduct its own trade negotiations, better able to control immigration and free from what they believe to be excessive EU regulations and bureaucracy.
Those in favor of remaining in the bloc argue that leaving it would risk the UK's prosperity, diminish its influence over world affairs, and result in trade barriers between the UK and the EU.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently said that there were no economic benefits for the UK to leave the EU, while the Bank of England has warned that the country’s economy would slow sharply, and possibly even enter a short recession.
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