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Donald Trump on Friday drew a connection between the United Kingdom’s historic vote to leave the European Union and his own political rise in the United States._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jun 24, 2016 11:57 AM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jun 24, 2016 11:57 AM UTC Listen 00:001.0x01:11 Narrated by TIME AI. Donald Trump on Friday drew a connection between the [United Kingdom’s historic vote to leave the European Union](http://time.com/4381042/leave-eu-referendum-brexit-vote/?xid=homepage) and his own political rise in the United States. “I really do see a parallel between what’s happening in the United States and what’s happening here,” Trump said during a televised news conference from his Trump Turnberry resort in Scotland, [where he had come for a break from the campaign trail to tend to his business interests](http://time.com/4380041/donald-trump-scotland-turnberry/). “People want to see borders. They don’t necessarily want people pouring into their country that they don’t know who they are and where they come from.” Trump, whose has unnerved many Republicans by traveling abroad in the midst of a brutal stretch for his campaign, did not address the historic “Brexit” vote during his opening remarks. He spoke instead about the golf course he had come to promote, turning to the referendum only when asked. He was greeted by a protesters carrying golf balls with Nazi swastikas on them. Throughout his campaign, Trump has been an advocate of tightening borders in the U.S. He wants to build a wall along the border with Mexico and temporarily [ban Muslims from entering country](http://time.com/4366912/donald-trump-orlando-shooting-muslim-ban/?iid=sr-link1). Many British advocates for leaving the E.U. had focused on migrants pouring into the Europe. “People want to take their country back, they want to have independence in a sense, and you see it all over Europe,” Trump said. Asked how his administration would approach the Brexit vote, Trump said: “You just have to embrace it. It’s the will of the people.” ## Transcript It's an amazing day, very historic day for a lot of reasons, not only Turnberry. This was one of the big votes in the history of Europe, and Scotland, and everywhere. It was very exciting coming in and we were landing, and we had just heard the results, so I wish everybody a lot of luck. I think that it's purely historic. And what's happening is historic. I really do see a parallel between what's happening in the United States and what's happening here. People wanna see borders. They don't necessarily want people pouring into their country. That they don't know who they are and where they come from, they have no idea. And I think, not only did it win but it won by a much bigger margin than people thought it would happen. Well I like David Cameron and he had a couple of rough statements, but that's okay. I think David Cameron's a good man, he's He was wrong on this. He didn't get the mood of his country right. He was surprised, I think he was very surprised to see what happened. But he's a good man, and he felt that way. And probably did the right thing. But we'll see what happens. 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