The Telegraph says America has lost faith in the Special Relationship.

There is no special relationship especially now. I remember when I was a child after WW2 that people didn't like the 'Yanks'.
The relationship has often been uneasy and now with Trump we need to be very wary.

America has lost faith??
I think the UK lost faith in this so called ‘special’ relationship when Trump treated the UK government and our armed services with zero respect.
And many of us questioned this relationship a long time ago.
It generally seems to require our government to poodle after the US dragging our armed forces into illegal wars, and to serve as an airport for their military aircraft.

For as long as Trump is in power the special relationship is on hold. I don’t think it’s a total myth, but I don’t think he would understand what a special relationship was if he was slapped in the face with it. The only special relationship in his world is with himself.

Fallingstar

America has lost faith??
I think the UK lost faith in this so called ‘special’ relationship when Trump treated the UK government and our armed services with zero respect.
And many of us questioned this relationship a long time ago.
It generally seems to require our government to poodle after the US dragging our armed forces into illegal wars, and to serve as an airport for their military aircraft.

Exactly this. In any case, the relationship has never been that special - even when we begged them for help in WW2, they graciously lent us money - and demanded that we pay them back in full after the war (which we did, showing the world that at least the UK had decent principles...).

Fallingstar

America has lost faith??
I think the UK lost faith in this so called ‘special’ relationship when Trump treated the UK government and our armed services with zero respect.
And many of us questioned this relationship a long time ago.
It generally seems to require our government to poodle after the US dragging our armed forces into illegal wars, and to serve as an airport for their military aircraft.

So very well said!

Casdon

For as long as Trump is in power the special relationship is on hold. I don’t think it’s a total myth, but I don’t think he would understand what a special relationship was if he was slapped in the face with it. The only special relationship in his world is with himself.

😜😜😜

How I agree and how I’d love to slap his face……

I expect I’d have to be at the back of a very very long queue, starting with his poor countrymen and ending with the world leaders this orange faced baboon or buffoon has insulted! Then little old me

That's a laugh. America has pushed away most of its allies.
Special relationship?
Did they help Thatcher out during the Falkland War?

I’m shocked I tell you - shocked!

On the other hand………………

Classic example of the manure heap calling the midden muck.

Fallingstar

America has lost faith??
I think the UK lost faith in this so called ‘special’ relationship when Trump treated the UK government and our armed services with zero respect.
And many of us questioned this relationship a long time ago.
It generally seems to require our government to poodle after the US dragging our armed forces into illegal wars, and to serve as an airport for their military aircraft.

Agree with this. Trump put paid to any notion that we might rely on a good relationship with America.

While just off the coast of Newfoundland, in Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Macron and Mark Carney have spent a few busy days forging a new special relationship. I think that will be a much stronger alliance going forward.

Eat your heart out Trump.

Trump might be pressing his nose against the glass soon singing I’m the Leader of the Gang (I Am) - do you wanna be in my gang. Apologies for the Gary Glitter reference, but that song suits Trump’s way of thinking perfectly.

The British part of the Special Relationship lost faith in America long ago, once he destroyed that faith from his end. How is it he still expects the UK end to still be alive and healthy ?

There has always been a love hate relationship with the US but without them the Nazis would still be ruling Europe, in the Cold War we were nothing without the Yanks. Can we supply Ukraine without them, not without spending a lot more on defence.

Trump upsets everyone when he goes it will get easier, till then we make the best of what we have got, nothing any of us can do about it. Thankfully Burnham seems level headed and will do nothing to antagonize Trump.

I doubt politicians ever believed in the Special Relationship. Window dressing for the masses. Nations dont have friends, they have temporary alliances.

After 9/11, NATO enacted an Article 5 response which involved British troops as part of the NATO force.

This was later described by Trump as "Staying away from the action" in one of his many insulting speeches.

Two countries divided by a shared language.

I agree it's been a love hate relationship and definitely blows warmer and cooler over time, but I think it will warm up again post Trump if someone more amenable sits in power. Or maybe the happy days of Thatcher and Reagan are gone forever. I only quote them because as I remember they were the 'dream team' as far as the special relationship went.

As one journalist put it you would think China was a close ally of the US.
Trump was really sucking up to Xi. Quite sickening really.
Certainly no special relationship with the UK.

I don't think Trump was overwhelmed by Andy Burnham. Donald has likely made his mind up that we are not worth bothering with after Sir Keir Starmer, rightly in my opinion, refused to drag us into an illegal war.
How much longer is Trump in office? However long it is, it is too long.

I cannot see that Trump's opinion of anyone is worth the time he takes saying it, with his vocabulary so limited it would shame a 5 year old, and everything he says written in big print in a big book and his aids close to running their fingers under each word as he says it.

His vocabulary reflects his limited thought processes and the sooner he has some illness that makes it impossible for him to exercise his role and he has to be stood down, the better.

Nothing life limiting or unpleasant, just enough to make it impossible to continue to act as President.

But will they still wheel him out, as they are doing with Mitch McConnell, pretending all is well?

But on the other hand Trump did help us to thwart that very recent 'terrorist' attack.
Or so he claims. 😃

For what it is worth, I am rather fond of you all.

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