Theresa May says Trump told her to sue the EU over Brexit

President Trump suggested suing the European Union to facilitate the United Kingdom's exit from the consortium of countries, British Prime Minister Theresa May revealed Sunday.

"He told me I should sue the EU — not go into negotiations, sue them. Actually, no, we're going into negotiations with them," May said. "But interestingly what the president also said at that press conference was, 'Don't walk away from negotiations, because then you're stuck.'"

The suing idea appears to be the advice Trump mentioned in comments at a joint press conference Friday, when he said the plan was too "brutal" for May's taste. At the same presser, Trump falsely claimed to have predicted the outcome of the Brexit vote, and he reversed his negative remarks about May's handling of Brexit from an interview published Thursday evening. The U.K. can leave the EU however it likes, Trump said, as long as "we can still trade together. That's all that matters."

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