Posted on 01/06/2025 2:45:17 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
The term ‘special relationship’ has been carved out by a long and relatively well-trodden history. The term was originally coined by former Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the wake of the Second World War. In a world where a victorious Britain had defeated Nazi Germany principally due to their alliance with the US, it was easy to see the need to promote a special relationship between the two nations.
The relationship continued to simmer throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, reaching a particularly warm point in the 1980s under the dynamism and chemistry of the relationship between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President Ronald Raegan. Thatcher is reported to have called Raegan “the second most important man in my life,” after her husband.
Even into the 21st Century, the special relationship maintained momentum. New millennium brought forth a changing age and uniquely solidified the relationship between President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair. George Bush described Tony Blair as “a friend. He is a friend of the American people and he is a friend of mine”.
However, in the past decade, the special relationship has become more tepid. 14 consecutive years of confused conservative premiership tested the strong foundations that had been in place near the end of President Obama’s second term. The election of President Trump was set to rewrite the foreign policy rulebook not just in Europe but around the globe, raising concerns about the durability of the special relationship. This was characterised by the interactions between Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May in 2017. Theresa May described some of the rhetoric that Trump expressed as “totally unacceptable”. Such open condemnation paved the way for frosty relations between the two countries towards the end of the decade, partially reversed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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It’s because the UK is not the same UK anymore. Neither is the US.
The Shire is in a desperate need of a scouring.
Where’s St. Patrick when you need him?
Lets hope so.
The only “special-relationship” is between the UK’s neo-marxist deep-state and America’s woke deep-state.
Yeah so “special” that the MI6 conspired with criminal traitors at the FBI to undermine a U.S. presidential candidate in 2016. None of those scumbags have been brought to justice.
Why not have a special relationship with the real thing, Pakistan? Why go with Paki lite?
Commies are NOT compatible with the USA.
Or Paul Tibbets?
You got it. We saved their butts three times in about the last 100 years. No more blood and treasure of ours for them.
We won’t need a “special relationship” once Britain becomes a caliphate.
It seems like their leadership is hell-bent on making that happen.
The UK is well on the way to being taken over by the barbarian death cult. Starmer is worse than silent as the “groomers” do horrific atrocities to young British women. Why would President Trump have anything to do with that shameful “leader”? The sun never sets on the Islamic empire. Read their Satanic Verses. Witness their deeds.
That ended with the Steele dossier.
I think Trump realizes that. Musk is one of his top advisors.
I think Trump will pull out of the Five Eyes.
A couple months ago, JD said that the UK is going to be the first Islamist country with nuclear weapons (Pakistan is Islamic, not Islamist).
The UK is an Islamic s hole now. Part of Dar Al Islam. The only question is which is,amid National will launch nukes first. France or the UK?
Like every other idiot in history, they think they will be on top of the trash heap of sub humans they import instead of being eaten by them.
When Britain had the most powerful navy in the world, a “special relationship” made sense.
When Britain had military bases everywhere, a “special relationship” made sense.
The Britain of today is a pathetic shell of its former self. There is no need for any “special relationship”. It makes no sense. So we should wish the UK good luck. And then we should treat them as we would any other ally.
We should not have a “Special Relationship” with the UK
we once fought a bloody war to get them out of our hair.
Neither should not have a “Special Relationship” with Ukraine or Israel for that matter.
Opus?
I am a believer in the Monroe Doctrine.
We should be concerned with the behavior of our neighbors, period.
Monroe asserted that the New World and the Old World were to remain distinctly separate spheres of influence, and thus further efforts by European powers to control or influence sovereign states in the region would be viewed as a threat to U.S. security. In turn, the United States would recognize and not interfere with existing European colonies nor meddle in the internal affairs of European countries.
Common sense foreign policy.
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