Obama tries to limit fallout from British EU exit vote

OH lawmakers came out Friday saying that the vote in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union would not change the nation’s relationship with the United States.

WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama said the US respects Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, an outcome he had personally campaigned against during a trip to London in April.

Obama said he was sure Britain’s exit would be orderly and vowed that the United States and Britain would “stay focused on ensuring economic growth and financial stability”.

Obama, during a visit to London in April, had warned against Brexit, or Britain’s exit from the European Union, in an unusually strong intervention into British politics.

The UK shocked the world earlier today when it voted to quit the European Union in a move which triggered the resignation of the Prime Minister and put Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on the chopping block.

President Barack Obama said on Friday the US relationship with both Britain and the European Union would endure in the wake of British voters’ decision to leave the EU.

USA presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday thrust himself into the heart of the Brexit issue, calling the result of the vote a “great thing” and drawing parallels to his own insurgent campaign. They want to have independence in a sense.

Britain’s exit could present the next USA president with a decision on whether to turn to other key European partners like Germany and France, essentially downgrading the United States’ special bond with Britain, whose foundation was laid in World War Two. “Many of you are catalyzing it and accelerating it”, he said.

Obama welcomed entrepreneurs around the world to the United States, pointing to the growing businesses around the interconnected world.

Sen. Sherrod Brown said it was “unfortunate” that British voters Thursday voted to leave the EU, but said “we must continue” the United States’ relationship with Great Britain and the European Union.

Obama’s comments came in a written statement issued by the White House while the president was traveling in California.

“I must say we had looked for a different outcome”. He warned that the US wouldn’t cut a trade deal with the United Kingdom.