Image:He continued:"A time when we thought the battle was won in the 1980s and 1990s is not anymore."I'm very ambivalent about Trump. On the one hand, a lot of the stuff he says is total nonsense - I hate his protectionist agenda."And we must be careful not to support him just because he upsets [London mayor] Sadiq Khan and [Guardian columnist] Owen Jones... tempting though that is.
Angus Brendan Macneil, the SNP MP who chairs the Commons' international trade committee, said it was"clear" Mr Trump was protectionist.Labour MP Stephen Doughty also said:"I agree with Lord Callanan - the US president regularly spouts nonsense, often dangerous and divisive, online and offline - and his protectionist credentials have already been laid bare when it comes for example to the steel industry.
"Anyone who has any illusions about how Trump's administration will attempt to conduct trade negotiations with Britain - needs to wise up now.""I have little hope however that Boris Johnson, who won't even stand up to his own advisers, will stand up to Trump."