Who said Trump and America weren't good at nation-building?
Here in Canada, I haven't witnessed this much patriotism in my life, since Trump started yapping about the 51st state BS last year. He gave a nice boost to Hungary over the last month as well.
Good to see the UK might be coming together now with a nudge from the orange shitgibbon.
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Free-Way-92204 days ago
+27
Unfortunately he is far from finished with his threats to Canada, to Greenland or his wet dream of pulling out of NATO, regardless of what any of his former allies do.
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Zomunieo4 days ago
+14
Most people’s wet dreams don’t involve pulling out unnecessarily.
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Kondikteur4 days ago
+7
Its what some chinese netizen call Trump, "Comrade Nation Builder", honoring his efforts to end US global hegemony by destroying the economic foundation of the US, burning all political bridges and calling NATO a paper tiger.
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DummyDumDragon4 days ago
+11
Hell, I'm Irish and I'm applauding the British PM for this!
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Repave23484 days ago
+11
I haven't seen more level headed replies on a BBC article since before brex... well ever.
Here is one of the top ones
>The more Starmer stands up to Trump the more I like him and the better he is for Britain.
>Now just re-join the EU and we're sorted.
Thumbs up 2615, thumbs down 632.
Or
>For all Starmer's flaws, thank goodness he is not an absolute unhinged, narcissistic maniac
Thumbs up 2909, thumbs down 216.
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TheRC1354 days ago
+7
Trump makes mediocre politicians look good, and good politicians look great.
It's crazy how far standards have fallen on the right in the past 20 years.
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The_Bitter_Bear4 days ago
+3
Nothing brings folks together better than hating the same person.
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GoTron883 days ago
+3
As Canada and Australia (and somehow even HUNGARY) has shown, that criticizing the Trump regime is an easy election win.
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ultrafud3 days ago
+2
Wouldn't it be amazing if all the "4D chess" his idiot supporters go on about was actually true, but his ultimate aim was to strengthen Western nations by being such an absolute bellend that everyone united in hatred of him?
4D chess Grand Master.
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culture_vulture_19614 days ago
+96
What any bully hates the most is someone who does not meet their tantrums and rhetoric with the same furious energy they put into it. Starmer has all the charisma of an unstocked fridge and meets Trumps fire with a stolid and undramatic push back. It is obviously driving trump nuts and I thank Sir Kier for that.
All of this is pushing the case for the UK to re-enter the EU. That is something Starmer is very keen to do. If Trump rips up the US/UK trade deal it just makes the case for re-joining even stronger.
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Takis124 days ago
+34
So, BRENTRY is coming?
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culture_vulture_19614 days ago
+31
Not just there - all of the UK.
[Brentry - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentry)
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kishenoy4 days ago
+10
That's a good joke
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Wgh5554 days ago
+23
Given Brexit was mentioned in the Epstein files it’s likely brexit was nudged by that group of Americans along with the Russian influence - so the opposite of what they want is definitely good
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basicpred3 days ago
+6
As a European: welcome back UK. Your not special, but your one of us.
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resjudicata24 days ago
+11
Let Trump deal with it, he's the one that started all of this.
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SistaChans3 days ago
+6
>In his interview with Sky News, Trump was asked how he would describe the special relationship between the US and the UK. He said: "It's the relationship where when we asked them for help, they were not there. When we needed them, they were not there.
>"When we didn't need them, they were not there. And they still aren't there." Asked how he would describe the "special relationship", Trump responded: "With who?"
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wwarnout4 days ago
+7
Nor should he. America has gone off the rails, and yielding to Trump would do the same to GB.
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SausageyPie4 days ago
+6
From stiff upper lip to stiff middle finger...
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Gentle_Snail3 days ago
What a great turn of phrase.
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SantorumsGayMasseuse4 days ago
-32
“I will, however, yield to pressure from Netanyahu on Lebanon,” he continued.
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HormuzVengeance4 days ago
-58
If Starmer had any actual balls he would proscribe the IRGC as a terrorist organisation like his shadow foreign secretary said they’d do when they were in opposition; AND like how they criticised the tories for not doing for years when the tories were in power.
UK law would allow them to seize the assets of the IRGC of which there are millions if not billions in the UK.
That could go towards helping British people through economic hardships caused by islamic republic holding the world economy hostage.
But no. Keir does not care about Iran, or even Britain’s population.
He cares about the optics of standing up to Trump because he’s counting on international support and electoral support for such an act.
Edit: for those who are downvoting me, you can go and read the UK Terrorist Act of 2000 yourselves and see what it outlines.
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MoleWhackSupreme4 days ago
+42
Bro just shut up honestly lmao.
The guy can’t f****** win can he?
If he told Trump he’d be joining this war he would rightfully get absolutely castigated.
Now he’s told Trump to get fucked (in his own words) you’re here moaning yet still.
Ever thought maybe running a country isn’t quite as simple as your own mind?
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Scotsmania4 days ago
+16
You're talking to a brick wall. That account is in every post with the same "but Starmer hasn't done this other thing i've chosen" strawman arguements.
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Alternate_Flurry3 days ago
To be fair it's not exactly hard to find absolutely terrible policy positions Starmer has taken
You can tell when he's doing something wrong because his mouth is moving
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HormuzVengeance4 days ago
-22
Yeah, I highlight the one thing about Starmer that I criticise that’s related to Iran in posts about Iran and Starmer. That’s not an unusual thing.
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HormuzVengeance4 days ago
-26
Nowhere did I say that he should join in the war with military assets.
He can tell Trump to get fucked, but at the same time posing it in a way that he’s doing it for the betterment of the British population is disingenuous because Britain is one of the only European countries that has not proscribed the IRGC.
I’m also highlighting the hypocrisy of his government. David Lammy made a big deal about the tories not proscribing the IRGC when he was in opposition and loudly stated that labour would do it. They haven’t.
Being able to criticise your government is a fundamental right, and as someone who does live in Britain I will criticise what I disagree with and praise what I agree with.
In this instance, when it comes to matters of Iran which is my ethnic country that’s being occupied by a terrorist organisation - seeing the prime minister appease the terrorist organisation both domestically and internationally is sparking criticism from me, and nothing that I’ve said doesn’t have a factual or legal standing.
Edit: again, I don’t understand the downvotes.
David Lammy did say they would proscribe the IRGC, and they haven’t. What is there to downvote?
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tackle_bones4 days ago
+6
“This could go toward helping the British people…” oh to be young and naive again.
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DaySecure76424 days ago
-55
How can they spin it as "not yielding". The UK is simply too broke and unable to help. Many of the cities were practically bankrupted and the social service costs exceeded even the total income tax. The UK doesn't even have enough warships to fend off Russia intrusions in its own water.
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G2022B4 days ago
+27
What a completely uninformed and dumb as f*** thing to say, you must have had an education in the USA.
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Good_Air_71923 days ago
+5
They're just parroting the same falsehoods pushed by the far-right propaganda machine....I'm surprised they didn't go with the "London is now under Sharia Law" bullshit they usually spew out. It's amazing the brain-rot on the internet.
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Wgh5554 days ago
+12
You are aware the US economy is a complete house of cards of debt? It’s propped up by other countries holding US debt bonds allowing it to print money. The US can’t do this forever and it certainly cannot afford its own military either.
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groovy-baby4 days ago
+12
Erm....have you seen the US debt ratios recently.....pot....kettle.....and all that!
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Major_Ad1384 days ago
+18
If any of that were true the US President wouldn't be crying like a b**** and begging for help.
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sevksytime4 days ago
+20
Because there is no other possible reason they wouldn’t want to get involved in a fruitless war with no significant payoff started at trump’s whim. Nope. None at all. It must be that they’re broke from all of that socialized healthcare (which of course we know is evil and bad).
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DoctorBocker4 days ago
-29
I thought the Mendelson mess was going to take care of this guy.
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thereoncewasahat4 days ago
-15
Mandelson, Andrew, Starmer and Putin are about the only people who are going to come out well from all this.
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jimmybirch4 days ago
+10
That probably made sense in your head.
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Artificial-Brain4 days ago
+3
This makes no sense and I don't even like Starmer lol
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bwoah07_gp24 days ago
-24
Meh. I bet he might eventually. On the basis the US & UK are like glue.
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