Trump hasn’t got Musk to back down on his UK attacks. Trump and his tech bro allies are still threatening the sovereignty of European territories. Time to declare the “special relationship” on ice - or even just voided. - ThreadSky

mikegalsworthy.bsky.social • 129 days ago

Trump hasn’t got Musk to back down on his UK attacks.

Trump and his tech bro allies are still threatening the sovereignty of European territories.

Time to declare the “special relationship” on ice - or even just voided.

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bearsie17.bsky.social•128 days ago

The only special relationship” resides in the minds of British politicians. There is no special relationship, wake up UK politicians @houseofcommons.parliament.uk, bet you cannot name a benefit the UK has because of this “special relationship”

nealescott.bsky.social•128 days ago

Trump doesn’t own Musk, it’s the other way round.

stuafcb.bsky.social•129 days ago

The only special relationship was between Thatcher and Reagan as individuals - and they're both dead.

Gilead is no longer an ally. We need to normalise and process this. They have joined Russia on the side of evil and need to be treated as such.

geoffballs.bsky.social•128 days ago

So special that only the British could see it.

chrispas.bsky.social•128 days ago

There is no special relationship. It’s just a term our politicians use to flatter themselves that we are important.

geoffjohnson.bsky.social•128 days ago

What special relationship?
The Yanks just want poodles. They take with no return.

absolutelynotpc.bsky.social•127 days ago

Repeat after me “The UK’s so-called special relationship with the US does not exist and never did exist. We’re just a tiny bit convenient for helping them not to have to learn foreign languages.”

cublet.bsky.social•128 days ago

There hasn’t been a special relationship in years just a delusion in Britain’s head that has led it astray to its isolation from Europe

philtils.bsky.social•128 days ago

Musk’s wealth is almost entirely down to people consuming the products his companies sell. Be a real shame if millions of people stopped doing that.

barryonions.bsky.social•128 days ago

Fuck America!

lioncub19.bsky.social•128 days ago

Why would anyone expect Trump to call Musk in over anything? Now his "sentencing" is over, he has a green light to do as he pleases.

savantfoxt.bsky.social•129 days ago

If a 'special relationship' with the US exists then Trump's is with Russia, not the UK.

vambomarbleeye.bsky.social•128 days ago

Delusion of the highest order.

alex-harvey-1960.bsky.social•128 days ago

I’m not aware of any relationship with Trump that’s ended well.

I’ll just leave that there…

aggiee.bsky.social•128 days ago

He has been faithful to the artery cloggers though.

didi9876.bsky.social•128 days ago

Europe and the UK’s inaction is infuriating. They’re paralysed by fear. Tough action is the only language people like Musk understand.

mantonn.bsky.social•129 days ago

I think it's more like a Paul Daniels magic trick.

Whilst Musk is drawing everyone's attention and the press gets all frenzied about Greenland and Panama, what's Trump up to with his other hand?

awatsoncnadida.bsky.social•128 days ago

Fttt! Special relationship my eye. It’s a pabulum allowing UK pols to dress up subservience & desperation.

mutleyboy.bsky.social•128 days ago

The US has a President Trump
A convicted felon & chump
Inside his colon
Lives Elon a moron
Won't someone please give him a thump

jmorse80.bsky.social•128 days ago

Thatll be easy
It never existed so...

cheshiredoglady.bsky.social•128 days ago

I'm not convinced that the 'special relationship' ever existed.

aggiee.bsky.social•128 days ago

Took the words out of my mouth.

wingletang.bsky.social•129 days ago

corkonianbrian.bsky.social•128 days ago

#andsoitbegins defacto president Musk is pulling the strings of his PINO puppet Trump. Musk wants to rule the world in the same ways his South African grandfather & father did & fully endorses Klaus Schwab & WEF motto of "you will owe nothing & you will be happy"
https://www.ibtimes.com/great-reset-5-takeaways-interviewing-wef-member-3736520

motosunburn.bsky.social•129 days ago

We just need to be realistic about it. Speaking the same language isn't a special relationship, and America hasn't had a particular bond with us since 1776. If there is a relationship, it's like the one I have with my dog. I'm fond of her but we both know who's in charge.

chopperholic.bsky.social•128 days ago

Stopping the US using part of Suffolk as an aircraft carrier would be a start...

liberalisms.bsky.social•128 days ago

With respect that’s not a sensible approach. We shouldn’t rise to the provocation of Trolls

redkite-traveller.bsky.social•128 days ago

It was only ever "special" from dear old deluded blighty

The US couldnt give a flying £u€《

janeharbison.bsky.social•128 days ago

Is the USA now a hostile state?

neurodivergent07.bsky.social•128 days ago

Yes. Very much so.
The rest of the globe needs to close ranks and re-examine alliances. America produces little the rest of the world can't get elsewhere without propping up a fascist state.

vonnerz.bsky.social•128 days ago

The 'special relationship' was always in name only, but the British establishment fell for it hook line and sinker.

tecki-de.bsky.social•128 days ago

"Opinion
Trump and his henchman Musk treat America’s oldest allies as enemies. Britain can’t face that threat alone"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/10/trump-america-musk-starmer-europe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

buckiej.bsky.social•128 days ago

These days it feels more like a coercive relationship than a special one.
It’s a sad sad situation and it’s getting more and more absurd.

jimhigham.bsky.social•129 days ago

The new Cold War. Braverman has seen the wall in mid Atlantic apparently. Isolationist America. Isolationism and imperialism aren’t what the world needs. Mutual cooperation has been working much much much better.

gobdoctor.bsky.social•128 days ago

Once a felon, always a felon.

acerview54.bsky.social•128 days ago

That’s not going to happen. You can’t shut doors based on rhetoric, only actions. To put the threats under investigation for breaking the law, is the correct way to deal with the situation.

longone.bsky.social•129 days ago

Has it ever been a special relationship or friends with benefits, it seems to me America just shafts us and we say thanks

kafearless.bsky.social•128 days ago

Hmmmm. Respectfuly, What world are you living in? It’s way too early for this. The EU attacks will continue and it’s up to the EU/Europe to get serious. They must draw the line early but I’m not seeing that. Too much weakness & indecision. https://vonderleyen.bsky.social

0jazz0.bsky.social•128 days ago

Did it ever really exist except in the minds of Brits?

kevin-on-earth.bsky.social•128 days ago

The problem is that the UK & the EU have allowed themselves to be so dependent on their "friend" & "ally" they never prepared for this, despite decades of warning. Now they have no alternative. They have not built the military, economic & especially digital/data independence they now sorely need.

ziggyman.bsky.social•128 days ago

Top three most predictable headlines for 2025...
Elon Musk tweets xxxxx
Donald Trump threatens xxxxx
Vladimir Putin celebrates xxxxx

goto11248.bsky.social•128 days ago

What do we actually get from the "special relationship"??

jglowe.bsky.social•128 days ago

Any country can have a "special relationship" with Murica, as long as you pay the going rate.
America is not a country, it's a business 👽👽

elhopkins.bsky.social•129 days ago

Time to rejoin the EU.

stuafcb.bsky.social•129 days ago

Pragmatically, as much as I want that, it's not achievable in the short term. We need to be signing bilateral treaties with the EU to bring us closer and provide mutual benefit in trade and defence as soon as possible. We also need to bring Canada into the European sphere.

elhopkins.bsky.social•129 days ago

Yes we need some sort of action and Musk and Trump need to stop interfering in UK politics.

stuafcb.bsky.social•128 days ago

We should start with legal action and legislation against Musk's companies and operations here..

elhopkins.bsky.social•128 days ago

Definitely, I hope some action will be taken.

welshtractor.bsky.social•128 days ago

We will have to have a replacement PM first; although I have a suspicion that the PM, the Chancellor and the Minister for Health May all be on borrowed time…

welshtractor.bsky.social•128 days ago

This is true we can only hope that changes begin somewhere and soon 🤞🏻

elhopkins.bsky.social•128 days ago

🤞

elhopkins.bsky.social•128 days ago

We need a new Education minister also as she is doing nothing about clean air in schools.

prettyhatmachine.bsky.social•129 days ago

We will need to remove the biggest obstacle to that:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/brexit-jonathan-reynolds-carmarthen-british-chambers-of-commerce-london-b2573465.html

elhopkins.bsky.social•129 days ago

We need someone who represents ordinary people.

prettyhatmachine.bsky.social•129 days ago

Absolutely! Nobody called “Sir” is going to challenge our crooked government.

tlmthelegend.bsky.social•128 days ago

You’d think!

nrunky.bsky.social•129 days ago

Trump is in fear of musk, musk knows how he. Cheated to win the election

cheeseandbeanmelt.bsky.social•128 days ago

I'm telling you.....
They're playing good cop, bad cop

100 percent, Trump is letting Musk poke the fire on his behalf, Musk knows nobody likes him and they want Trump to seem like a good guy this time around

The Donald is absolutely complicit in whatever bullshit game he and Elmo are playing

blacksearoamer.bsky.social•129 days ago

The US is in a funk. It's no longer a reliable ally. Europe needs to pull together and rely on its own resources and resolve to face today's threats, from Russia, China, and the US itself. The UK must play its part. Europeans are stronger together.

davesheph.bsky.social•128 days ago

Can the world send US to Coventry?

twopenneth.bsky.social•128 days ago

Personally, I think it's long past time that the UK realised the "special relationship" is a one way street, with the UK at the beck and call of the US for far too long.

daninus.bsky.social•128 days ago

I've lived in the US for 20 years and never once have I got the sense Americans consider the UK a special ally.
'We saved your ass in WW2' - yes
'My grandfather is from the UK' - yes
'We speak American here' - yes
'The UK and US have a special connection' - never

twopenneth.bsky.social•128 days ago

No, the US are nothing special. They saved their own asses in WWII by making sure the UK was the 'ally' that was bombed to bits, while making vast amounts of money on the back of it. How many bombs were dropped on the US? The UK have only just paid off the loan you gave the UK to fight your battles.

daninus.bsky.social•128 days ago

Just to clarify, I'm English.

twopenneth.bsky.social•128 days ago

You should know better then.

daninus.bsky.social•128 days ago

Love to the family, Pete.

robertofab.bsky.social•128 days ago

Starmer has to grow some cojones soon or Trump/ Musky the muskrat will shit all over him.

jackcaramac.bsky.social•128 days ago

It's about controlling us through the economy. Shorting us, destabilising us, softening us up for oligarchal rule. Where are all these 'flagshaggers' that have boring us all stupid going on about 'sovrinty' when you need them, eh?

jockywocky.bsky.social•128 days ago

The “special relationship” has only been “special” in USA’s favour for generations.

carls-puli.bsky.social•128 days ago

Serious question, should the EU and Europe in general be looking to launch its own satellites and create the European internet, Its own search engine created by open source engineers etc.
People would still have the choice as to which to use, the US or the EU version.

prettyhatmachine.bsky.social•129 days ago

Starmer said we didn’t have to choose between Europe and the US.

It’s time he finally had the intelligence and humility to admit he was wrong about that.

If he can’t, he needs to go.

peterthebricky.bsky.social•128 days ago

Special relationship is a bit of a fiction ban Santa from UK airspace as well

tlmthelegend.bsky.social•128 days ago

Problem is that with EU relations drifting and world ever more dangerous, relations with US are important for UK. Actions of Trump/Musk may make it politically easier for Labour to forge closer ties again with Europe to avoid being even more isolated.

oldmartens.bsky.social•128 days ago

There never was a ‘special relationship’. There was a lap and lap-dog. Now there’s just an abandoned stray-dog, aimlessly chasing it’s tail. “Here Brexit… there’s a good boy…sit for your master Elon… now beg!”

damerainbowwarrior.bsky.social•128 days ago

Elon Musk does not represent the views of British people. So I've signed the open letter telling him to butt out of UK politics. Agree? Sign & share it far & wide across social media so he sees & knows we won't stand for his meddling. https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/elon-musk-uk-politics?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=2025-01-10_Elon%20Musk%20Survey&bucket=twitter-tweet-2025-01-10

supereye.bsky.social•128 days ago

Signed 👍

lindywilliams3.bsky.social•128 days ago

Void thank you.

I have been concerned about USA-creep in the UK since I was about 15.

I am 85 this year

emceegeegee.bsky.social•128 days ago

It hasn't really existed for decades. It was a Reagan-Thatcher romance that died with them. I hate the phrase.

alastair-3153.bsky.social•128 days ago

Can we Brits have a refund on our special relationship please?😎

daveacoley.bsky.social•129 days ago

Well, it's finished in America's eyes.

eightninenine.bsky.social•129 days ago

But of course we won’t do any of the things we should do. When did we completely lose our backbone?

mavismoggie.bsky.social•128 days ago

Void it for the duration of Trump’s term, and turn back to our neighbours and allies in Europe. We must all stand together, now more than ever.

briatt.bsky.social•128 days ago

Oh, it’s a special relationship all right. Especially toxic, now The Space Nazi thinks he’s divinely qualified by virtue of his petulant egotism to overthrow the democratically elected government of a country he doesn’t reside in.

derbyloco.bsky.social•128 days ago

To be fair the USA, the UK and many other countries have been happy to undermine/overthrow plenty of countries they have no right to interfere with but it doesn't make the space Karen right

sharonhawth.bsky.social•128 days ago

I think European leaders need to put an early marker down with Trump. We need to work together. Though Europe now infiltrated by Putin apologists. Austria, Czech, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands - even France and Germany could fall. It’s like 1939 but this time America is on the side of the bad guys.

dadapaul.bsky.social•128 days ago

The 'special relationship' has been a myth for years.

angrysmiley.bsky.social•128 days ago

We could always ask them to vacate our bases, including the anti-missile radar sites up North.

After all, they are MOD property... Does 3 months notice sound reasonable?

malayarchipelago61.bsky.social•128 days ago

The special relationship between US and UK is largely a myth dreamt up by the musty eyed romantic and dual national Churchill. Mostly it’s one way traffic as it’s always “America First” even before Trump. The real special relationship is with Israel, where no cost too high, no act not excused.

anangryscot.murrayfamily.uk•128 days ago

There has never been a 'Special Relationship".

UK politicians naïvely think there is, whilst US politicians chuckle behind their backs at their naïvety.

We need an independent Scotland in the #EU.

christinevn-hfe.bsky.social•128 days ago

The USA will be a RuZZian client state after the inauguration. TzarinaTrump and Tzar Musk are already acting as hostile entities against all European countries with democratically elected governments. Stirring up hatred with their lies and disinformation to destroy democracy.

chinacatalba.bsky.social•128 days ago

There never was a “special relationship” except in the heads of insecure UK politicians (or when it suited the US)

yrotitna.bsky.social•128 days ago

And bar Musk and Trump from ever setting foot in the UK

saabman48.bsky.social•128 days ago

The UK needs to have a special relationship with the EU

cursus007.bsky.social•128 days ago

It never existed !

kamadodavid.bsky.social•128 days ago

The special relationship for years now...

toekneee.bsky.social•128 days ago

People underestimate the extent to which the US depends on us for certain unique capabilities. There are things we could do to hit them where it hurts but, under normal circumstances, that is usually just cutting off one’s nose. That might be worth doing anyway given current circumstances.

yamaking666.bsky.social•128 days ago

"they need us more than we need them" again ? ok.

toekneee.bsky.social•128 days ago

That’s not what I said at all.

yamaking666.bsky.social•128 days ago

so tell me more about the UK's unique capabilities.

toekneee.bsky.social•128 days ago

The US has a number of bilateral agreements with the UK - especially on intelligence. It does not have those agreements for fun. It has those agreements because it benefits from them. Those could end.

freddies.bsky.social•128 days ago

The UK needs,to decouple from the US regime ASAP for security reasons .

montyofdodgington.bsky.social•128 days ago

There's a reason why he wants NATO gone! There's a reason why Farage wants the EU, ECHR and Europe gone!.. These are dangerous people!.. We now must use the law to the full or we're gonna regret it!..

themanynotthemoney.bsky.social•128 days ago

While we're at it let's ditch the "special relationship" with Israel and step out of line with USA by imposing sanctions and trade embargos.

sarniejewell.bsky.social•128 days ago

Cancelled for at least 4 years.

damonthedemon.bsky.social•128 days ago

How can you void something that has never, and still doesnt actually exist, except in the minds of the press and MSM?

truebuddhism.bsky.social•128 days ago

Maybe you should apply for a job as advisor.
Most people when they see #reality have too much #pride or #ego to change. Some go mute. Admitting folly is rare. In general, people are #curious & cherish #truth.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uBY7Ti0g2nNroNJOS7zo9?si=skOc4vFGQ62gCvJQHhmLWg

ptp335.bsky.social•128 days ago

Hold on a minute, didn’t Brexit promise us a special trade deal with the USA???

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