Much is made about the ‘Special Relationship’ between the United States and the United Kingdom, but at this point in time this has lost a good deal of relevance.
Add to that the fact that failing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer chose for his Foreign Minister the far-leftist David Lammy, who has these comments about President Donald J. Trump:
• 2017: Lammy called Trump a ‘racist KKK and Nazi sympathizer’.
• In 2018: the Labour politician called Trump a ‘woman-hating, neo-Nazi sympathizing sociopath’ and described him as a ‘profound threat to the international order’.
• Also in 2018, he referred to Trump as a ‘tyrant in a toupee’.
• 2019: Trump is ‘deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic’ and ‘no friend of Britain’.
So, for the UK now wave the ‘special relationship’ flag has become very difficult.
It is in this light that we have to understand the fact that Trump apparently trolled Starmer last night (20) by suggesting that he will ‘snub Britain again’ when deciding his first trip abroad in his second presidential term.
Historically, American leaders would normally make London their first destination after being inaugurated, to portray the depth of the famous ‘special relationship’.
However, Trump and many in his senior team, including Elon Musk, have clashed with Starmer and Labour in recent months.
Daily Mail reported:
“The president broke with precedent in his first term, visiting Saudi Arabia in his first overseas trip rather than dropping in on Tory PM Theresa May – though they met later.”
In an Oval Office press conference mixed with signing of Executive Orders, the President hinted that the Saudis might once again be able to make a deal.
“He told reporters: ‘The first foreign trip typically has been with UK but we did it, I did it, with Saudi Arabia last time because they agreed to buy $450billion worth of our product. I said ’I’ll do it but you have to buy American product’ and they agreed to do that, they bought $450 billion; it was the least reported story I’ve ever been involved (in)’.
‘I don’t know if Saudi Arabia wanted to buy another $450Bbn or $500bn -we’ll up it for all the inflation – I think I’d probably go there’.”
Starmer is poised to travel to DC in the next few weeks, after the Trump took office promising to usher in a new ‘golden age of America’.
“Mr. Trump is weighing up whether to approve the appointment of Lord Mandelson as the UK’s new ambassador in Washington, the fate of the Chagos Islands deal and the extent to which tariffs will hit Britain.”
In his inauguration speech, the President promised to ‘tariff and tax foreign countries’, but so far, we have no details about how he would implement his policy.
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