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Professor Ted Malloch, whose appointment is expected to be announced within days, said he believed Britain would “move to the head of the queue” for a trade deal with the US. Insiders say the President-elect will make an offer to complete the deal within a year when he meets Prime Minister Theresa May for the first time next month. Dr Malloch, who is a friend of former Ukip leader Nigel Farage, discussed the role with Mr Trump in New York last week, revealing the conversation had gone “very well”.

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The Anglophile, who lives in the UK and works as an academic at Henley Business School, was a key adviser to Mr Trump during the election campaign and is a close friend. Mr Trump will take office on January 20. Dr Malloch said that while Mr Trump had a high regard for Europe and European culture he had little time for “elitist supranational organisations and the bureaucracies they create”. He is, however, a huge fan of the Queen and can’t wait to meet her, said Dr Malloch, who speaks fluent French and German and who worked for the United Nations during the Cold War.

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“President Trump was in favour of Brexit and thinks it was a wise decision taken by the British people,” he said.

President Trump was in favour of Brexit and thinks it was a wise decision Dr Ted Malloch

“He also believes the UK should find ways to exit the EU on favourable terms. “I am a US citizen and could therefore not vote but I did support the Leave campaign intellectually and spiritually. “I love the UK. My middle son lives and works there. My wife works in the City of London. “I believe Trump will and should move Britain to the head of the queue, and this compares well with what Mr Obama suggested, referring Britain to the very back of said line.

"I was pleased to learn that Trump and May will meet soon. I also understand Trump would be elated to meet the Queen, whom his mother adored.” Dr Malloch added: “It’s a time of great change and opportunity. I think the question is frankly not hard or soft Brexit but how can the American leverage help to provide a third alternative? "Trump is a firm believer in the special relationship, the Atlantic alliance and the future of a free and peaceful Europe. “My view is that strategically and at this moment the UK could not have a better and more supportive US leader as a partner.”

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Dr Malloch’s comments come after a testing spell in relations between the US and the UK. Mr Trump said in November that “many people” would like to see Mr Farage as British ambassador in Washington. But the suggestion met with a cool response from the Prime Minister. Andy Wigmore, a prominent Leave campaigner who has accompanied Mr Farage to several meetings with Mr Trump in New York, said Dr Malloch was the perfect man for the Brussels job. “It’s a strategically brilliant appointment,” he said. “It’s symbolic and shows how highly Trump regards the UK.” Mr Wigmore added: “Trump will help Britain make a success of Brexit. The parallels between Brexit and Trump are very important.

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“He cannot let Brexit fail. He won’t let Brexit fail. When they meet he will say, I want to do a trade deal and I want it done by the end of the year and here is what I am proposing. That is what he is going to insist upon and the Brits will have to dance to that tune.” Mr Wigmore said the President-elect will also use his meeting with Mrs May to challenge her over the behaviour of her aides, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, who have criticised Mr Trump on social media. “He will challenge them on it,” he said. “Remember, Trump is fearless. He doesn’t need to dance around pretending to be nice to people.”

GETTY Nigel Farage is friends with Donald Trump and Ted Malloch