In his final column, the Observer\u2019s foreign affairs commentator says America under Trump is not the first time it has caused trouble for allies<\/p>\n
America spells trouble for Britain. That\u2019s undoubtedly true in the age of Trump \u2013 but maybe it\u2019s always been so. The White House\u2019s undisguised contempt for loyal allies in the UK and Europe necessitates a robust reciprocal rethink. How healthy \u2013 and desirable \u2013 is this partnership? Has it caused more problems than it\u2019s worth?<\/p>\n
Those, myself included, who throughout their professional lives have taken close transatlantic ties for granted, face some awkward questions. Is the US-UK \u201cspecial relationship\u201d an embarrassment, even a strategic liability? Today\u2019s America is evidently not a trustworthy, disinterested friend<\/a>. Was it ever?<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In his final column, the Observer\u2019s foreign affairs commentator says America under Trump is not the first time it has caused trouble for allies America spells trouble for Britain. That\u2019s undoubtedly true in the age of Trump \u2013 but maybe it\u2019s always been so. The White House\u2019s undisguised contempt for loyal allies in the UK … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}