Donald Trump's new spokesman has said he is "100 per cent" certain there will be a US-UK trade deal after Brexit.

Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director, highlighted the "special relationship" between the two nations and Mr Trump's love of Britain as a reason why a trade deal would be secured.

Mr Scaramucci also defended Mr Trump's controversial style, saying that he preferred someone who knifed people in the front rather than indulging in Washington "backstabbing".

Liam Fox, the International Trade Secretary, has been in Washington for talks on a potential trade agreement and Mr Trump talked up the prospects of a "very big and exciting" deal with the UK.