After Trump security adviser John Bolton’s visit it’s clear the price of US backing will be paid both in trade and foreign policy.

Trump’s national security adviser wants the UK to be beholden to the US for its daily bread, making the country a timid American outpost.

If Boris Johnson seriously believes the US will shower rewards on Britain after leaving the EU he is mistaken.

The EU has opposed brutal animal welfare and rampant tech monopolies. Post-Brexit Britain will be exposed to both.