Posted on 06/26/2016 2:14:41 PM PDT by Mariner
As one special relationship falters, another may beckon. The British vote to leave the EU could hasten a changing of the guard among Washington’s European allies, with Germany replacing the UK as its most important partner.
In the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote, the White House has gone out of its way to emphasise the enduring links that will remain between the US and the UK. “One thing that will not change is the special relationship that exists between our two nations,” US President Barack Obama said on Friday.
But Mr Obama has less than seven months left in office and much will depend on the attitude of his successor. The reality is also that even before the British referendum on June 23, the US had increasingly been looking to Germany, and to a lesser extent France, as its go-to ally in Europe — and that process is likely to accelerate as London’s influence in the region diminishes.
“Henry Kissinger’s famous question about ‘Who do I call in Europe?’ has now been settled. The answer is that we call the German chancellor’s office. That means we have to invest in the relationship with Germany,” said Nicholas Burns, a former senior State Department official in the George W Bush administration, who is now advising Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
“Britain introduced us to the EU and introduced the EU to us, playing a pragmatic role. But much of that will be gone,” he added.
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Only shaky with Obama. Most people I know love the Brits.
Not shaky at all if Trump is President.
Obama in a snit because the Brits gave him the finger. So he leaks to the Financial Times that he’s going to pick up his toys and go sidle up to the Germans. So there.
(Wonder how the Germans will respond to that.)
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And his feelings are hurt.
Only because of Obama
Uh, maybe even the elites notice that the refugees are a scourge, NOT a virtue.
Why would the US call Germany, since Merkel caused this invasion of illegals?
With the UK leaving the EU, the EU lost one of its two nuclear powers (UK, France). Does this mean Germany will build nukes?
a lot of events were happening in the financial markets just before or during the Brexit vote:
Friday was already expected to be a heavy trading day:
1. The (US) Fed released its annual bank stress-tests
2. The VIX on Thursday had it’s biggest one day fall since January
3. The NASDAQ was due for a $20B reshuffle of 933million shares in response to FTSE
4. The (London Stock Exchange) FTSE Russell Index annual adjustment - adding some companies and dropping others, adjusting stock prices, would create a flurry as Exchange traders worldwide shuffled their portfolios
5. Brexit vote
seems a little strange that Brexit would be scheduled for such a traditionally busy day for world financial markets.
The US/UK relationship became strained the day Obama took office. Then immediately returned the Churchill bust. And gave the Queen cd’s of his own speeches. And when Obama sent teams over to defeat Cameron. That relationship has not been grand the past 7.5 years under our boy president.
The Nikki is open in Japan no crash yet.
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