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As the campaign
to decide Britain's EU membership restarted after a three-day
hiatus following the killing of lawmaker Jo Cox, Trump, the
presumptive Republican U.S. presidential candidate, said in a
newspaper interview he was backing an "out" vote.
"I would personally be more inclined to leave, for a lot of
reasons like having a lot less bureaucracy," he told the Sunday
Times. "But I am not a British citizen. This is just my
opinion."
The billionaire businessman also told the newspaper that he
would seek to have good relationships internationally if he were
elected president in November, including with David Cameron. The
British Prime Minister has in the past called Trump's proposed
temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States "divisive,
stupid and wrong".
Trump said in May that Britain would be better off outside the
EU because of high levels of migration.
The latest opinion polls showed the 'Remain' camp recovering
some momentum, although the overall picture remains one of an
evenly split electorate.
Trump, whose mother was Scottish, is due to be in Britain the
day after the referendum, when he visits two golf courses he
owns in Scotland.
Trump also said that if he became president he would try to
improve the trade deals the U.S. has with China, and work more
closely with Russia and that could include co-operating with
Russia in the fight against Islamic State.
(Reporting by Sarah Young; Editing by Ruth Pitchford)
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