That was a good read. Thank you. 

My goodness its a lot. I imagine giving citizenship to those who have been in the country  "x" amount of years would be important and wise. 

Oh Northern Ireland. Hopefully the Troubles war wouldn't return.

I have to ask again, why did the past Brexit deal fail?

That was a good listen. Sounds like a Brexit plan is desperately needed. If the hang up is on quota of goods the plan should include a proposal to have a quota reasonable for the UK's size. 

I imagine if the quota were reasonable you would have the US on board quickly as Donald Trump is pretty anti-EU and pro-trade. Then the others would follow. I may be making this too simple.

Yes Trump is Anti-EU, the USA's main allies.
Why? because he doesnt care about anyone but himself, and only marginally the US.

Remember the "America First" chants?

What are the concerns surrounding not having a deal and why did the previous proposal fail? 

It hasnt happend yet..... the UK leaves the EU on march 29th (I thinki it was).

Its looking like the UK are makeing a mess of things, and will have no deals in place for that day.

Reguardless of laws/trade deals ect, it kicks in on the 29th, and it looks like the uk, wants to put on a blindfold and jump off a cliff.

The EU is by far the largest trade partner of the UK. A no-deal brexit would mean, that there would be an immediate implementation of tariffs (as dictated by the WTO between two members without other agreements) and border checks. If having tariffs/border checks is viewed as a positive or negative is a debate I won't touch, but the fact that it is so *sudden* in itself creates significant logistic issues, since the existing infrastructure doesn't assume any such barriers (which various sectors of the government and private enterprises are trying to prepare for - we'll see how effective it is.) For example, a big part of UK medical supplies come from the EU - the UK national health service is consequently prepping for a temporary shortage. (I would assume they would have a fair handle of what's necessary - I wouldn't expect people to die due to this.) The majority of the food in the UK comes from the EU; Again, probably no starvations in Britain, no need to be melodramatic; but a significant price hike, in the transition, is very possible. As a whole, it's mostly going to be a very *expensive* procedure, for both governments, and the private sector, needing to make immediate adjustments to the market situation. 

It hasnt happend yet..... the UK leaves the EU on march 29th (I thinki it was).

Its looking like the UK are makeing a mess of things, and will have no deals in place for that day.

Reguardless of laws/trade deals ect, it kicks in on the 29th, and it looks like the uk, wants to put on a blindfold and jump off a cliff.

The EU is by far the largest trade partner of the UK. A no-deal brexit would mean, that there would be an immediate implementation of tariffs (as dictated by the WTO between two members without other agreements) and border checks. If having tariffs/border checks is viewed as a positive or negative is a debate I won't touch, but the fact that it is so *sudden* in itself creates significant logistic issues, since the existing infrastructure doesn't assume any such barriers (which various sectors of the government and private enterprises are trying to prepare for - we'll see how effective it is.) For example, a big part of UK medical supplies come from the EU - the UK national health service is consequently prepping for a temporary shortage. (I would assume they would have a fair handle of what's necessary - I wouldn't expect people to die due to this.) The majority of the food in the UK comes from the EU; Again, probably no starvations in Britain, no need to be melodramatic; but a significant price hike, in the transition, is very possible. As a whole, it's mostly going to be a very *expensive* procedure, for both governments, and the private sector, needing to make immediate adjustments to the market situation. 

It hasnt happend yet..... the UK leaves the EU on march 29th (I thinki it was).

Its looking like the UK are makeing a mess of things, and will have no deals in place for that day.

Reguardless of laws/trade deals ect, it kicks in on the 29th, and it looks like the uk, wants to put on a blindfold and jump off a cliff.

The EU is by far the largest trade partner of the UK. A no-deal brexit would mean, that there would be an immediate implementation of tariffs (as dictated by the WTO between two members without other agreements) and border checks. If having tariffs/border checks is viewed as a positive or negative is a debate I won't touch, but the fact that it is so *sudden* in itself creates significant logistic issues, since the existing infrastructure doesn't assume any such barriers (which various sectors of the government and private enterprises are trying to prepare for - we'll see how effective it is.) For example, a big part of UK medical supplies come from the EU - the UK national health service is consequently prepping for a temporary shortage. (I would assume they would have a fair handle of what's necessary - I wouldn't expect people to die due to this.) The majority of the food in the UK comes from the EU; Again, probably no starvations in Britain, no need to be melodramatic; but a significant price hike, in the transition, is very possible. As a whole, it's mostly going to be a very *expensive* procedure, for both governments, and the private sector, needing to make immediate adjustments to the market situation. 

My guess was more in the line of divide and conquer. An unified Europe is much harder to control than all the little countries on their own. Like the video on the WTO rules in a post before pointed out, the EU has much more power and weight when it comes to trade deals, but if they were all divided the US could impose their rules in those deals. He riled against "unfair trade deals", remember? However, the only thing "unfair" to Amercans in those deals is that unlike some historical deals the US are not, and cannot, imposing their companies and economic power in those deals anymore. And he sells that as unfair to Americans

Trump isnt against unfair trade,.... he just wants all trade to be unfair towards the other parties.
Thats basially what "america first" means. He is unwilling to deal, without there being huge gains for the US.

Also yes, divide and conquer, is probably what he is thinking, and what the russians/chinese want too.
But why would the US want a weak ally they can take advantage of? instead of a strong partner?

Ever heard the expression "with friends like you, who needs enemies?"
Basically trump doesnt set out to make friends, in his world view, screwing everyone over, even friends for profits, is the way of things.

In this way, he differs quite alot compaired to most past US presidents.

Print media don't run the country nor will they solve any of the current problems if you read them today they're banging on about the disasters ahead which tells you all you need to know about the media they were anti-EU just for the sake of a story. What Skee posted is not farfetched tbh.