Donald Trumps hostility towards other democracies is already clear. There will be no special relationship with him: we should look to Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/10/trump-america-musk-starmer-europe
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/10/trump-america-musk-starmer-europe
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Ignoring the US for the next 4 years would be good. Play the game, drag everything out for as long as possible - procrastination seems to be a particular UK skill after Brexit.
The US has never been a particularly reliable ally unless it can profit from it.
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Bugger. Now people will think I must be a Brexiteer for the missing 2.7%. Pretend I wasn't here.
Hillary told it like it is over 8 years ago.
And yet, here we are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaVWRetR4jg
I think we should provide that help, e.g. with a #100%Tax band on Wealth and Assets, which would help cure them of their addiction.
Exactly what the U.K. did with Brexit.. destroying historic connections and links with our European family to stare at ourselves in a mirror..
And his owner, Musk, definitely doesn't.
Therefore democracies must be destablised.
💰 and control.
It turns out Social Media is the perfect instrument to execute this strategy.
We know who & what he is so expect more of the same
His unpredictability means his administration is untrustworthy
Europe even with a war going on is the more stable option going forward
Elon $upports AfD party
Movies? TV? Fast food franchises (killing us by the calories)? Cars? Internet?
When a country clearly can not serve its people with the basics,education & healthcare, but can bully the world with its threats, it's time to cut the apron strings.
There isn't.
The #EU is FAR too dependent on the US umbilical cord, for its economy, its military and its IT/data independence.
This was clear DECADES ago but they took the bait all this time and now they can hardly think for themselves without a nod from the US.
https://www.naval-technology.com/news/is-the-royal-navy-now-a-second-rank-european-naval-power/#:~:text=The%20Royal%20Navy's%20surface%20fleet,destroyers%20and%20just%20eight%20frigates.
He appears to be extremely focused on national security and strengthening the U.S. economically and militarily.
I feel other western countries have been too focused on feeling guilty and virtue signalling we’ve dropped the security ball.
Former Tesla Vice President George Blankenship said:
"There’s a much bigger picture in Elon’s mind than what mere mortals are aware of today but when you step back and you look at it, some way or another it all goes together.”
What is the bigger picture? ⬇️
I am appalled!
Oh.
The power imbalance ensures we are little more than exploited by the US for what we can provide: mainly, Faslane.
Russia and its lunatic on one side America and its lunatic on the other.