see, my take on brexit was that it was a reaction to german realignment.

i stated repeatedly leading up to the vote that what brexit passing signalled was that the americans were pulling the uk out of europe, because the germans were reorienting themselves towards the russians. what brexit failing would imply would be american confidence in german participation in the alliance.

nice try, merk.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/angela-merkel-donald-trump-germany-us-no-longer-rely-european-union-climate-change-g7-a7760486.html