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Don’t Cry About The Pain
When you get what you asked for, America
The path for a relationship between America, the UK, and Europe will be tense. Keir Starmer, the Labour government, must prepare for the consequences of the American people's giving the Trump administration permission to redefine the word ally.
A Trump victory has enormous consequences for the future of NATO, spearheading Ukraine’s defence. Trump threatened to leave the alliance in a move designed to pressure US allies to increase their defence spending. He has criticised the amount the US spends on supporting Ukraine’s defence and criticized its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for not making concessions to Russia.
Trump has made clear he wants to see a quick resolution to the war and claimed he could end it in a day — but a ceasefire that benefits Vladimir Putin poses a significant risk to European security.
Nearly five years after Brexit, the prospect of that US-UK trade deal looks more distant than ever under Trump. The Democrats and Republicans' notably protectionist economic policies do not bode well for hopes of a free trade agreement with the UK.
Trump’s economic agenda, in particular, is built around tariffs. He has suggested that under his presidency, all goods imported into the US could be slapped with a 10% tariff, and…
