It looks like the backlash against Donald Trump for the ill-advised, ill-informed, and ill-timed assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian Quds Force General whose death has sparked an insurgency against US foreign policy in the Middle East the likes of which we haven’t seen in decades, runs much deeper than he could have possibly anticipated.


Then again, the world is not quite sure that Trump actually anticipated anything.

From reports that Trump is single-minded in simply capturing or killing high-profile targets, rather than those that might pose the most threat or whose removal might disrupt anti-American intelligence most efficiently, to the historical record of former American Presidents weighing the value of Soleimani’s death against the insurrection that might ensue, over and over Trump has shown that the pernicious effect of power amassed through fealty and intimidation has corrupted his very decision-making process.

Indeed, it has corrupted the office of the presidency.

Now our oldest and most loyal ally, the United Kingdom, is indicating that they too are experiencing second, third, and fourth thoughts about working with the imprudent and impertinent Trump. Although the UK’s new leader Boris Johnson may share a number of traits with Trump — he is certainly a racist and even has almost the same unruly flaxen rat’s nest atop his Cro-Magnon skull — political definitions around the world differ subtly from the US.

In short, over there, “conservative” doesn’t necessarily mean “reactionary and stupid.”

But now Johnson’s Defence Secretary (don’t complain about the “C,” those guys invented the language and can spell things how they like) Ben Wallace has admitted openly to the British press that Trump makes him lie awake at night, worrying about the future of the partnership between the two nations. Wallace has even recommended buying future equipment that would obviate the UK’s reliance on US air cover and spy planes.

I worry if the United States withdraws from its leadership around the world. The assumptions of 2010 that we were always going to be part of a US coalition is really just not where we are going to be.”

The trepidation about the US-UK alliance comes on the heels of Prime Minister Johnson distancing himself and the UK from the Soleimani killing, calling it an escalation in which “terrorists would be the only winners.”

Now the UK is looking for alternative international allies, and that’s likely a smart move. Trump’s impetuous stance toward being the world police — but only in return for mercenary-like payments to the United States — is exemplified in his public statements about Saudi Arabia paying for troops and his ongoing insistence that countries around the world “owe” the United States something in return for security assistance rendered in the past on the basis of coalitional goodwill.

Wallace even referenced Trump’s open threat to withdraw from our alliance with the UK if PM Johnson’s government continued to pursue its plan to let Chinese tech giant Huawei play a role in building Britain’s 5G network — a military threat in exchange for economic compliance.

That’s what dictators do, and as ironic as it is that Britain is technically still a monarchy, they don’t seem especially interested in doing further business with a unitary executive.

https://politicaltribune.org/new-report-suggests-uk-is-looking-to-abandon-its-alliance-with-trump-plans-to-turn-to-other-allies-that-more-closely-share-their-interests/

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Lirax (relax) Tlump (Trump)...





The PIGS, PIGLETS AND IDIOTS from the land of the rising crimes are behind you...







They are currently not happy at the moment as their lord DILECTOR and Ikpeazu have declared their full support for the President and Yoruba race home and abroad

its called ESCAPING A SINKING SHIP

uk and us are the same.