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Donald Trump has said Theresa May didn't take his advice on how to handle Brexit negotiations.

Speaking in the Oval Office he said he was "surprised" at how badly the negotiations had gone.

But he said The United States will stay in its lane while Britain negotiates its exit from the European Union ahead of his meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at the White House.

He said he wants to see the Brexit deal "work out" because he wants to have a trade deal with the UK.

"It's a very complex thing right now, it's tearing a country apart, it's actually tearing a lot of countries apart and it's a shame it has to be that way but I think we will stay right in our lane," Mr Trump said.

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Earlier in the day the President tweeted to say he hoped the US and the UK would have an "unlimited" trade deal.

"I'm surprised at how badly it has all gone from a stand point of negotiations but I gave the Prime Minister (Theresa May) my ideas of how to negotiate it, she didn't listen to that and that's fine but it could have been negotiated in a different manner."

He added: "The EU has been very tough to deal with and frankly it's been very one-sided for many years so we are changing that around."

Back in July, Theresa May revealed the "brutal" advice President Trump had given her ahead of the negotiations.

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On the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, she said: "He told me I should sue the EU. Sue the EU. Not go into negotiations, sue them.

"Actually no, we're going into negotiations with them."

He also repeated his false claim that he had predicted the outcome of the Brexit vote.

Asked if he thinks the Brexit deadline should be extended, Mr Trump said: "I think they are probably going to have to do something because right now there are in the midst of a very short period of time, at the end of the month and they are not going to be able to do that.

"We can do a very big trade deal with the UK. we are also re-negotiating our trade deal with the European groups and literally individual nations."