Donald Trump has been "perfectly reasonable" in his comments on Brexit and future trade deals according to Conservative MP and Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today, Mr Rees-Mogg was responding to comments made by the US President in an interview with The Sun in which he said the UK will "probably not" get a trade deal with the US if the prime minister's Brexit plan goes ahead.

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Mr Rees-Mogg (pictured) said: "The UK wants to do a trade deal with Donald Trump and he said if you want to a trade deal with the United states this isn't the way to do it."

He later added: "That's a perfectly reasonable thing for an American president to say."

Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

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BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg says “swathes of the country might cheer” if Theresa May was rude to Donald Trump.

However “that is absolutely not her style”, she says, adding that the prime minister still wants a US trade deal.

She also says Donald Trump, by questioning the Brexit plan, has “put his finger” on something many Conservatives believe.

“It’s a big call for her on how she handles this,” she says.

Preparations to launch a balloon of Donald trump in London's Parliament Square are under way.

Protesters plan to fly the balloon in opposition to the US President during his visit to the UK.

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DUP MP Ian Paisley has told BBC Radio Ulster that Theresa May is like the "emperor with no clothes".

He says a trade deal with the US is still the only option and the PM will need to rethink her plan if she wants to do a deal, adding: "This is a wake-up call, the next 24 hours will be very important."

Theresa May's minority government relies on support from DUP MPs.

Jon Sopel
BBC North America Editor

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The BBC’s North American editor, Jon Sopel said after the Chequers agreement was reached last week, the government would have been reaching out to the US administration to explain it.

But he told the Today programme: "It doesn’t really matter whether you have convinced the treasury secretary, it doesn’t really matter if you have convinced Donald Trump’s chief of staff, it doesn’t really matter who you have convinced in the administration if this is the right way forward.

"In everything - not just to do with Theresa May, but with Donald Trump’s relationships everywhere around the world - it is whether Donald Trump buys it or not.

"And Donald Trump clearly does not buy the Chequers agreement and has come out fighting."

He added: "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig.

"What Donald Trump has done with that interview is he has handed the government an enormous, big, smelly pig on the day he is due to be holding a news conference at Chequers.

"Those talks, that news conference, are going to be a collectors item."

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Sir Alan does not think the president's comments were "rude" to Mrs May and her government.

He told Radio 4's Today: "Donald Trump is in many ways a controversialist - that’s his style, that’s the colour he brings to the world stage and he is in that sense very unconventional.

"I don’t think we see it as rude and I think the atmosphere last night at the Blenheim dinner was very, very special actually.

"He is entitled to his opinion."

Conservative Simon Hart, Labour's Jess Phillips, Plaid Cymru's Jonathan Edwards and Ukip's Patrick O'Flynn react to Donald Trump's visit.

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Donald Trump has made his views on Theresa May’s approach to Brexit – and it does not make nice reading for the PM.

When asked if the government had any warning about the interview with the Sun, Minister for Europe and the Americas, Sir Alan Duncan, said “probably not”, but it was the “nature of fast moving events”.

But, talking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said things had “moved on” after the Brexit whitepaper was published on Thursday and there was more for President Trump and Mrs May to discuss at Chequers later.

Anti-Donald Trump protesters are getting ready around Oxford Circus in central London, with stalls being set up and placards about to be unbagged.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party would "find a way to work with his [Donald Trump] administration while standing up for our values and beliefs".

He accused the Conservatives of "awarding President Trump with a red carpet welcome".

Responding to Mr Trump’s criticism of his response to terrorism, Mr Khan said it was “interesting that President Trump is not criticising the mayors of other cities” which also have experienced terror attacks.

He also said that to blame rising knife crime on immigration was “preposterous”.

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

He defended his decision to allow the Trump baby balloon to fly over Westminster.

“Can you imagine if we limited freedom of speech because someone might get hurt?”

The UK has a “rich history” of the right to protest, and as mayor he “should not be the arbiter of what is in good taste or bad taste”.

Mr Khan added that he expects today’s protest to be peaceful and “good-spirited”.

The New York Times , externaldescribes President Trump's comments as "a remarkable breach of traditional protocol".

It says Mr Trump has put his brand of confrontational and disruptive diplomacy on full display "undercutting Prime Minister Theresa May hours after landing in her country".

It sums up his day as "a global disruption tour unlike anything undertaken by any other recent American leader".

The Washington Post , externalsays Mr Trump's comments cast an immediate pall over his visit - and stunned Downing Street.