The UK is abandoning its alliance with Trump as the United States 'withdraws from its leadership around the world'
The UK is threatening to tear up its defense alliance with the US after President Donald Trump's Iran crisis triggered a rupture between the two countries.
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The UK is threatening to tear up its defense alliance with the US after President Donald Trump's Iran crisis triggered a rupture between the two countries.
UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told The Sunday Times that the UK was looking to forge stronger alliances with other international partners that shared its priorities.
He said the US under Trump risked withdrawing from its global leadership role. Wallace also said Trump threatened to tear up the US's intelligence-sharing relationship with the UK.
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The comments came after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government distanced itself from the attack that killed Soleimani, with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab labeling it a "dangerous escalation" that risked a conflict in which "terrorists would be the only winners.
A spokesman for Johnson was also quick to condemn Trump's threats to target Iranian cultural sites, if carried out, as a breach of international law and possibly a war crime.
The UK is now openly threatening to tear up its long-standing defense partnership with the US.
Wallace told The Sunday Times that the UK was increasingly looking for alternative international allies.
"Regardless of what the US does ... we are going to have to make decisions that allow us to stand with a range of allies, the Five Eyes [intelligence partnership with the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand] and our European allies where our interests converge," he said.
Rump has the strategic intelligence of a cement block.
WTG Trump. You just alienated one of our strongest allies. Don't expect an invite to the UK anytime soon. The Queen is not amused.
None of the royals ever liked him in the first place. In fact they loath him for good reason.
Trump told Howard Stern live-on-air that he could have "fucked Princess Diana but she would have had to take a HIV test first."
Trump called Meghan Markle "a nasty woman" for her negative opinion of him.
Trump breaks Royal protocol by touching the Queen on the back.
Doubt they'll be inviting him back anytime soon.
The only one who would welcome him would be the former Prince Andrew.
By all means the UK should step forward into a leadership role in the middle east. I think the President should completely withdraw from the middle east and let the Europeans and or the Turks deal with a problem that has more to do with them than us.
But Kusner is doing such a fantastic job of bringing peace to the Middle East.../s
Israel will not be pleased.
So, you want the US to stay?
Where did I say that?
You didn't. You seem to be agreeing with me. I wasn't sure.
I totally agree. We should pull up stakes and wish them the best.
I was, to a point. I have said for years that we should cut all ties with the ME.
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Of course we should step down ...s/
In case you hadn't noticed, the world has become a very small place.
Isolationist policies won't do the US any favors.
Trump is rapidly alienating all of our traditional allies.
The US can't go it alone in this day and age.
They could not do any better, They used to say the Sun Never Sets on The British Empire, they used to rule a large part of the world but could not keep control.
USA had to save their asses in two World Wars
They can't even keep their Prince happy any more
The headline is false.
Why would the UK tearing up its defense alliance with the US be a bad thing for the United States?
Making a threat really needs to mean something.
The second the British had to face some 3rd world dictator they would be screaming for the US help to do all of the heavy lifting.
They need to lose our number. This is a one way alliance that only benefits them.
So you understand nothing about global realities?
Pretty sure the Brits fought beside us in two world wars as well as a few police actions..
You have that wrong.
The US saved their asses in two world wars; and did most of the heavy lifting in those police actions.
They are riding our coattails, not the other way around.
Take a look at the breakdown of the NATO/Libyan War- if you can call it that.
Click on chart for Coalition forces and sorties flown. It is a joke. There is the US, and then everyone else. Consider this was a war for British and French oil development contracts in Libya- you would think our "allies" would have done the heavy lifting and supplied the vast majority of the assets.
Wallace said the UK would need to reduce its dependence on US military assets.
"We are very dependent on American air cover and American intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets," he said. "We need to diversify our assets."
Trumps been pushing ALL Allies to be more dependent on their own capability to Defend themselves, since even before he was elected.
It's working.