Donald Trump described British-American relations as “highly special” in 2019, during his state visit to the United Kingdom. Half a decade later, the tone has changed. The involvement of British Labor activists in Kamala Harris' campaign irritated the 47e President of the United States, while his right-hand man Elon Musk finds himself in open war with the Labor tenant of 10 Downing Street, Keir Starmer.
Politically, London fears the imposition of universal customs duties “and seeks by all means to put aside differences and obtain an exemption”, slide The Times. The agreement on the transfer of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius, announced in October, could also create tensions: an American military base is located on this British overseas territory.
The “special relationship”, expression “theorized in 1946 by Winston Churchill to strengthen the transatlantic alliance, is on the brink of the abyss”, summarizes the conservative daily, despite the efforts of “Keir Starmer, who had lunch with Trump in September and called him hours after his assassination attempt in July”.
-As has been the custom since American independence, the Prime Minister is absent from the inauguration this Monday, January 20. The British right, for its part, went in force to Washington DC, from Nigel Farage, a historic close friend of Trump, to former Prime Ministers Liz Truss and Boris Johnson.
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