There are plenty of differences between Trump and Brexit, but since Trump called himself Mr. Brexit it's not out of bounds to compare the two.

Just arrived in Scotland. Place is going wild over the vote. They took their country back, just like we will take America back. No games!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2016

Plenty of promises were made for Brexit. Almost none of them were kept.
Let's start with immigration.

The UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday said the country had a net migration gain of 504,000 people between June 2021 and June 2022. That number was nearly triple the 173,000 registered the year prior.

The sharp increase comes as British politicians like Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt seek to assure people that it is too early to give up on Brexit, which promised to bring down immigration and "take back control of the UK's borders."

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman, herself a hardline Brexiteer, admitted the government had "failed to control our borders," just before the ONS figures were released.

As you can imagine, if they couldn't manage to control immigration then the Brexit people didn't accomplish any promise regarding the economy.

Champions of Brexit, such as former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, promised that severing political and economic integration with most of the rest of Europe would boost prosperity and self-sufficiency and leave more money for government services.

Instead, the UK economy has stagnated, with income and economic growth lower than it would have been otherwise. Those effects are likely to worsen through 2035. Most Brits now suffer “Bregret,” with polls in early June showing a record 69% of Brits thought Brexit turned out to be the wrong move. The fiasco is a major contributor to the collapse of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government — and the party’s likely shellacking in the upcoming July 4 election.

It's like watching a laboratory experiment where the guinea pigs die. Yet Trump still sounds like Mr. Brexit, vowing that if he wins a second term, he will impose even more trade barriers, more isolation, and more go-it-aloneness than he did during his first term.

Years ago the Torie leadership knew that Brexit would be a drag on the economy, but like Trump, they kept trying to bullsh*t the public for as long as possible.

“There’ll be a little disturbance, but we’re OK with that. It won’t be much.” Then he moved quickly on, laying out his vision for the “golden age of America” and declaring that “the American dream is unstoppable”.

For watchers in the UK, the speech had a familiar ring. Under Boris Johnson, we became used to brazen boosterism, outlandish claims, and promises that were not delivered. None more so than the ones that were made about Brexit. Exiting the EU would presage an economic rebirth, clearing the path for an independent, free, booming Britain.