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 LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump lobbed a verbal hand grenade into Theresa May's carefully constructed plans for Brexit, saying Thursday that the British leader had wrecked the country's exit from the European Union and likely "killed" chances of a free-trade deal with the United States. Thousands of people are expected to protest against the president in London on Friday, when a 20-foot (6-meter) balloon depicting the president as a screaming baby will be flown near Parliament. Trump, who is making his first presidential visit to Britain, told The Sun newspaper he had advised May on how to conduct Brexit negotiations, "but she didn't listen to me." The Sun was the only British media outlet Trump spoke to before his arrival in the UK for his first visit as President 
 
 THERESA May’s new soft Brexit blueprint would “kill” any future trade deal with the United States, Donald Trump warns today. The government said Britain would act "as if in a combined customs territory" with the EU, using technology at its border to determine whether goods from third countries were bound for Britain or the EU, and charging the appropriate tariffs in those cases. But Mr Trump told The Sun: “If they do a deal like that, we would be dealing with the European Union instead of dealing with the UK, so it will probably kill the deal. US President Donald Trump talks candidly to The Sun about the British Prime Minister Theresa May and Brexit 
 
 Theresa May greets President Donald Trump at Blenheim Palace 
 
 “If they do that, then their trade deal with the US will probably not be made.” 
 
 Mr Trump made the bombshell intervention during a world exclusive interview with The Sun — the only British media outlet he spoke to before his arrival in the UK for his first visit as President. “She should negotiate the best way she knows how. I think what is going on is very unfortunate. He said: “The deal she is striking is a much ­different deal than the one the people voted on. May insisted earlier Thursday that her plan was exactly what Britons had voted for in the 2016 referendum. But it is too bad what is going on," the president said. May and Trump are scheduled to hold talks and a joint news conference on Friday. They voted for us to take back control of our money, our law and our borders and that’s exactly what we will do.” 
 
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– President Trump lobbed a verbal hand grenade into Theresa May's carefully constructed plans for Brexit, saying Thursday that the British leader had wrecked the country's exit from the European Union and likely "killed" chances of a free-trade deal with the United States, per the AP. Trump, who is making his first presidential visit to Britain, told the Sun newspaper he had advised May on how to conduct Brexit negotiations, "but she didn't listen to me." The Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid published an interview with Trump as May was hosting him at a black-tie dinner at Blenheim Palace. His remarks on Brexit came the same day May's government published long-awaited proposals for Britain's relations with the EU after it leaves the bloc. The document proposes keeping Britain and the EU in a free market for goods, with a more distant relationship for services. The plan has infuriated fervent Brexit supporters, who think sticking close to the bloc would limit Britain's ability to strike new trade deals around the world. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit Secretary David Davis both quit the government this week in protest. Trump came down firmly on the side of the Brexiteers. He said Johnson "would be a great prime minister. I think he's got what it takes." Meanwhile, Trump said what May proposed on Brexit would hurt the chances of a future trade deal between the UK and the United States. "If they do a deal like that, we would be dealing with the European Union instead of dealing with the UK, so it will probably kill the deal," Trump said.