Less than 3 months ago, on April 22, in an address to the British people that may have cost David Cameron his job and led to the ever more rancorous divorce between the UK and the EU, Barack Obama warned that the UK would be at the "back of the queue" in any trade deal with the US if the country chose to leave the EU, as he made an emotional plea to Britons to vote for staying in.

Two months later, a majority of Brits gave Obama the finger and Britain is no longer part of Europe.

But while that story in itself would be quite satisfying, it turns out that Obama lied. Again.

As it turns out, not only is the UK not at the back of the queue, it now finds itself at the very front. As reported by the FT, the Obama administration has begun preliminary discussions with senior UK officials about how they might pursue a trade agreement between the two countries following Britain's exit from the EU, Washington's top trade official said. 

The discussions were revealed on Thursday by Mike Froman, the US trade representative, and coincide with a growing push by Republican Brexit supporters in Congress for President Barack Obama to launch talks on a commercial pact quickly.