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The U.S.’s “special relationship” with the United Kingdom is in urgent need of repair.
President Donald Trump has been deeply frustrated by U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s equivocation over repeated U.S. requests to use British air bases during the war in Iran. Trump has also been disappointed by Starmer’s failure to increase defense spending and deploy British forces to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.
Further difficulties beckon.
Just prior to this week’s state visit by King Charles III, we learned that the Trump administration is considering withdrawing diplomatic recognition of the U.K.’s Falkland Islands territory. On the flip side of the coin, the U.K. has been alienated
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