Donald Trump has declared he wants the NHS to be on the table in any US-UK trade deal...although May appeared to have to explain to Trump what the NHS was before he answered the question.

May appeared uncomfortable at the suggestion the NHS could be included in a trade deal...however, she did not explicitly rule it out.

That was left to Matt Hancock, the health secretary, who is running to be Conservative leader. "Dear Mr President. The NHS isn't on the table in trade talks - and never will be. Not on my watch," he tweeted.

Jeremy Hunt, the former health secretary, also ruled it out this week, saying: "I can't conceive of any future prime minister, for any party, ever agreeing that we would allow NHS procurement to be part of trade talks, because the NHS as a publicly run, publicly owned institution is part of our DNA."

Even Dominic Raab, a rightwinger in the Tory contest who has suggested offering tax breaks to companies wanting to provide NHS services, said: "I want to see the UK get fair deals on trade with the US and many other countries when we leave the EU. But the NHS is not for sale to any country and never would be if I was prime minister."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/04/trump-says-he-turned-down-corbyn-request-to-meet