Brexit

[Bofferbrauer2]

NightlyPoe said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

The backstop is meant to avoid a hard border in Ireland. Without the backstop there will be a hard border incoming, which would go against the Good Friday Agreement. Hence why Ireland is so adamant about it.

That doesn't make the backstop legally mandated.  You've only reiterated the issue again.  I'm asking for a source that actually says that it's legally mandated for the backstop to be a part of this agreement.

Oh yeah, the deal will be favorable... but only for the US! Trump already said what the UK needs to do: Allow chlorinated chicken to be imported and privatize the NHS. Also, they could veto any other trade agreement, with China for example. Does that look like a fair deal to you? And what did you expect with America first?

That's certainly sensationalized.

In any case, I don't want to get into American politics, but Trump sees Brexit and his election as somewhat linked.  America first sometimes takes a backseat to Trump's interests first and Trump has an interest in portraying himself as assisting.

Do you not understand the issue or why do you insist that it's not legally mandated? The Good Friday Agreement works with open borders. The Brexit would close that border unless there's a mechanism that keeps it open. That mechanism is the Backstop. Without it, a hard border between the UK and Ireland is unavoidable, unless you can come up with a better solution. And a hard border would go against the GFA.

It is not directly legally mandated, but the EU wants to keep the GFA alive. The UK claims the same, but without the Backstop there's no way to do so anymore. Closing the borders would very well respark the Troubles in Northern Ireland (tough certainly to a much lesser extent than it was in the 70's to 90's, at least early on), hence why the EU is appalled that there are Brits who actually want to go that way.

This isn't sensationalized, the first 2 of those 3 points is something that Trump actually said a while ago. I'll post the clip if I can find it.

He also repeatedly tried to interfere, saying that leaving with a deal would make a trade deal with the UK impossible since they would then still be under EU, which ain't true.