london u.s. president-elect donald trump say brexit would turn great thing countries would follow britain european union promise strike swift bilateral trade deal unite kingdom speak interview time london newspaper five days inauguration trump describe big fan britain endorse last year vote leave european union think brexit go end great thing trump say tell fact pound sterling go great business unbelievable lot part uk june 23 vote take many investors chief executives surprise trigger deep political financial turmoil britain since world war two big ever one-day fall sterling dollar sterling since fall u.s. dollar traders businesses investors fret type relationship britain big single trade partner leave bloc trump election campaign seize brexit vote example disillusion voters rise political establishment forge friendship lead brexit campaigner nigel farage fierce critic prime minister theresa may trump election raise question future call special relationship underpin close british-american tie decades sunday interview trump play ancestral tie britain say scottish mother proud queen elizabeth say eager get trade deal do gon na work hard get do quickly do properly good side trump say meet may request meet meet right get white house ... gon na get something do quickly however predict countries would seek follow britain example quit eu believe others leave say refugees keep pour different part europe think gon na hard keep together people angry it single german chancellor angela merkel whose open-door policies allow 1.1 million refugees syria iraq afghanistan elsewhere germany since mid-2015 call immigration policy catastrophic mistake trump say brexit great thing want quick trade deal uk