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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Not at all, Andrew.
I'm advocating sensible diplomacy by the UK toward the USA with the aim of protecting the special relationship (which has important implications for trade). This could have been achieved had Starmer simply not disallowed the USA to use our bases.
Reprisal from Trump, which we don't need, can be expected.
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The sPeCiAl ReLaTiOnShIp is political theatre that waxes and wanes. The actual security co-operation between the UK and the US, is the actual special thing, and that itself is fine. It exists at the operational level and is resilient to political whims. That’s not to say it can’t be put in peril by Trump’s continuing behaviour. Just that it’s unlikely someone as dim-witted and erratic as Donald Trump is capable of issuing the correct instructions to that part of the American state that would result in such peril.
All that said, you need to stop trying to understand Trump as some sort of rational actor who can be dealt with rationally. He isn’t and he can’t. He is dumb as bricks. He doesn’t play 5D chess. He says and does whatever makes him feel good at any given moment because he is a malignant narcissist in neurological decline. Starmer’s recent responses to Trump suggest the British state is finally understanding this and acting accordingly.