Peggy Grande, who was a political appointee for Donald Trump, told The Independent he is likely to give a “preferential trade deal to the UK” and she thinks tariffs will “more greatly affect the EU than the UK”.

The President-elect is said to be considering a plan which will see the UK “pull[ed] away from the EU” and moved towards a special trade deal with the US. Donald Trump has claimed that he intends to increase tariffs on imported goods by 10 per cent - with rises of up to 60 per cent on China imports.

Donald Trump feels neither the Labour nor Tory governments have made the most of Brexit and he wants to pull Britain away from the EU's orbit, reports say.