That's different from our case, where there is only hardship to be had.
This is open to debate.

We are not going to get a better trading situation outside of the EU than we had in it, ever. That's not just me saying it, it's an economic fact.
If we have a free trade agreement with just the USA, that nearly accounts for the entire EU in terms of population. So no, this isn't a fact. The rest of the world is bigger than the EU. What we do with the rest of the world is another matter. But you seem to be implying here it's impossible for us to agree trade deals with a larger group of nations than the EU, which is absurd.

I told you pretty much everything I know.
Ok. The description you gave caused me to immediately think of Samuel L Jackson in Django Unchained. He's a black butler in the Deep South during slavery times who despises black people, or at least pretends to in order to appease his employers. His racism is funny, because it's Samuel L Jackson. I can only imagine Tarantino, or Jackson himself, had Uncle Tom in mind when developing this character.