The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, who arrived in the UK to visit his Scottish golf courses just as the referendum result was announced, declared Friday that the U.S. is next.
"They will have the chance to reject today's rule by the global elite, and to embrace real change that delivers a government of, by and for the people."
Indeed, British voters delivered the kind of crushing rejection of the political, business and media elites that Trump has been railing against.
The Brits also snubbed President Barack Obama's warnings against voting to leave Europe and risked triggering a global recession that would weaken an already sluggish U.S. economic growth and dampen the hopes of his chosen successor, Hillary Clinton.
In a particularly striking development, UK voters completely disregarded warnings from elite voices of the consequences of tearing the political system that has largely delivered peace and prosperity since World War II.
Similar warnings have been heard in the U.S. election especially from Clinton and establishment politicians who fear Trump's "America First" stance would send shockwaves through the global system and see America pull back from its role as a guarantor of Western security.
But in the UK this week, outsider politicians seem to have carried just as much weight with many British voters as more conventional fact-based arguments. World authorities like the IMF for example warned about the consequences of a Brexit but voters went ahead and voted to leave anyway.
But in the UK this week, outsider politicians seem to have carried just as much weight with many British voters as more conventional fact-based arguments. World authorities like the IMF for example warned about the consequences of a Brexit but voters went ahead and voted to leave anyway.
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