Letter to the Editor: Colonial garrison of North reason for Brexit

British prime minister Johnson’s fixation on a no-deal exit from the European Union is without justification. Brexiteers claim a trade relationship with the US will redefine trade for the world in the 21st century.
The reviews of Trump’s erratic trade policies would suggest otherwise. Brexit is certain to cause economic harm that could last for decades for Britain but especially the island of Ireland. Anglophile columnist Maureen O’Dowd makes a clueless claim that “…European leaders who will do anything to stop the jailbreak [exit the EU].”