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US ambassador: UK’s closer ties with EU are a problem

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US ambassador: UK's closer ties with EU are a problem
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US ambassador: UK's closer ties with EU are a problem
Britain pursuing closer ties with the EU will "not be viewed favourably" in the White House, the US ambassador has warned.
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Ontheragnarock Mar 28, 2026 +3724
Do American diplomats do anything other than insult and threaten any more? 
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GoneSilent Mar 28, 2026 +500
getten paid for deals.
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kitkatclub_visitor Mar 28, 2026 +116
What deals? Those with Iran lmao?
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JamesTheJerk Mar 28, 2026 +61
Those deals make money blossom for the rich.
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the-corinthian Mar 28, 2026 +40
Ruzzia, actually.
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59reach Mar 29, 2026 +121
America's foreign policy only makes sense if it's to be as helpful to Russia as possible. Antagonize and villify Ukraine, separate from your own soft power alliance where you were basically hegemon (NATO), invade Iran for no reason and cripple Middle Eastern energy supply. None of this benefits the US at all, all of it benefits Russia.
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macrolidesrule Mar 29, 2026 +8
That also helps with the whole Project isolationist case too - an abuser always separates the victim from their support network(s).
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gildedbluetrout Mar 28, 2026 +674
American democracy is failing. That’s the long and short of it. After Obama half the country would rather not be a democracy over seeing a black man as president again. The country’s been fucked since its inception really, but they can’t pass any legislation, both chambers are utterly fucked, half the supreme court are insane, and the US is actively working to destabilise other western democracies. The idea of the dollar as a viable reserve currency is completely gone after this as well. No one’s saying it publicly yet, but that show’s over. America is going to continue declining and becoming more and more dangerous over the course of our lifetimes. It’s an adversary to Western democracy and needs to be treated as such.
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Mortambulist Mar 28, 2026 +69
>half the supreme court are insane Not true. 2/3rds are insane.
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TheAngryGoat Mar 29, 2026 +4
And while they mat be insane, it's important to remember that they're also evil.
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Call-to-john Mar 28, 2026 +41
The Iranians are charging oil tankers to pass through the Strait in Yuan and people are paying. The petro dollar is dying.
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Heavy_Milk2757 Mar 28, 2026 +268
Failing? It's dead in the water. The USA now has an unaccountable despot in power, or did you forget that only congress has the power to declare war? Democrats don't want to push back, because then they will lose their sweet, sweet AIPAC funding. I mean, they elected a *serial rapist and paedophile*, what did they think was going to happen?
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CDHmajora Mar 28, 2026 +114
They elected him *TWICE* btw. And they WILL do it again if they have the option to do so.
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20051oce Mar 29, 2026 +16
>They elected him *TWICE* btw. First time they coped and said he only won because Electoral College, and they didn't know what he was going to do. Then elected him again with him winning the popular vote as well. And people like to say oh about a third didn't vote. 1. That just means they looked at Kamila and Trump, and decided it doesn't actually matter who wins. 2. [Trump still would have won in 2024 even if everyone had turned out to vote](https://www.npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-5447450/trump-2024-election-non-voters-coalition) Americans were too insulated with the privilege they had on the global stage, won by their forefathers won being in position by virtue of their country being an economical powerhouse due to not being ravaged directly by World War 2, that placed them traditionally (formally or informally) in leadership roles on basically every global forum they wanted to be in. Very similar to Brittan pre brexit, where they ignored the unique exceptions they managed to carve out (having a central bank, while also having access to the EU market). Just as Brittan will no longer be in position to get similar carve outs again if it wants to join the EU because it no longer has the power it historically held, America's decline as a Unipower on the global stage is being sped run by Trump burning every western alliance and ties that was forged from World War 2.
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Pleasant_Narwhal_350 Mar 29, 2026 +14
> Americans were too insulated with the privilege they had on the global stage, won by their forefathers won being in position by virtue of their country being an economical powerhouse due to not being ravaged directly by World War 2, that placed them traditionally (formally or informally) in leadership roles on basically every global forum they wanted to be in. This 100%. Too many Americans of all political stripes don't want to admit this.
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SpareBee3442 Mar 29, 2026 +19
They won't get a chance to elect Trump again. Article 25 is now seriously being discussed. But, the MAGA poison is now in the veins of the American body politic. Right wing authoritarianism will be hard to kill off.
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Pleasant_Narwhal_350 Mar 29, 2026 +37
> They won't get a chance to elect Trump again. I'm not convinced of that any more.
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Rowmyownboat Mar 29, 2026 +9
I think Trumps plan is to provoke a situation whereby he declares Martial Law and there won’t be a ‘next election.’
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Kathdath Mar 29, 2026 +10
As we say about 'releasing the files', it is put up or shut-up. We don't care for discussions about taking relevent actions, we will not start moving towards a positive opinion until shit get done. You do not praise a child when they take several months to put away their toys when told to clean their room.
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the-truffula-tree Mar 28, 2026 +45
The Chief Executive has been militarily unaccountable for a while, that’s not just a Trump thing.  I’m much more an Obama fan than a Trump fan, and Obama was running drone strikes all over the goddamn place without going through congress. That ship sailed decades ago. 
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ChristchurchDad Mar 29, 2026 +16
An ongoing and concentrated bombing campaign is orders of magnitude closer to “war” than isolated(though frequent) drone strikes.
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the-truffula-tree Mar 29, 2026 +7
Oh, agreed. Just saying the precedent long predates Trump. He didn’t wrest control of war-fighting powers from congress.  They gave it away several decades ago. It’s not a new problem for our democracy 
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moonknight_nexus Mar 28, 2026 +10
>did you forget that only congress has the power to declare war? That's clearly not true anymore
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Jemelscheet Mar 29, 2026 +8
Many empires fall after about 100-ish years. All is normal here.
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7screws Mar 28, 2026 +46
They also take bribes and shake down payments
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invisiblebyday Mar 28, 2026 +31
They also acted wounded and howl when anyone dares to even gently push back.
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Ranger30 Mar 28, 2026 +13
Short answer. No, Long answer also no
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Jackadullboy99 Mar 28, 2026 +10
They’re all little budding Lavrovs….
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jknl Mar 28, 2026 +8
Wait! There's more to the job?
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BrexitHangover Mar 28, 2026 +7
Licking a child rapists boots?
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fcpsnow Mar 28, 2026 +12
To hell with the US. They are ruinning the economy as we know it and spearheading us back to the dark ages. Boycott USA. Boycott Fifa.
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Exact_Patience_9767 Mar 28, 2026 +11
Yes, they play checkers with chess pieces on a chess board, and put up blanket tariffs, while not fully researching its outcomes.
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icemaker12345 Mar 29, 2026 +3
Did you say thank you? You forgot to say thank you to your god and savior president Donald Duck… no good
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Tsquare43 Mar 29, 2026 +4
They have only one requirement, loyalty to the administration which is hostile to anyone who isn't.
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Responsible_CDN_Duck Mar 29, 2026 +4
>Do American diplomats do anything other than insult and threaten any more?  The message in the USA is the world hates them, so the diplomats are making that happen.
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squeak37 Mar 28, 2026 +3
They learned from jeopardy. "What is diplomacy"?
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Hat_Maverick Mar 28, 2026 +3
Judging by their boss they probably r*** children and pocket government funds.
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pistoffcynic Mar 28, 2026 +3
That’s all that they have in their arsenal.
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ButterscotchTop194 Mar 29, 2026 +3
Dunno. The world stopped listening to those idiots a while ago.
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Dopplegangr1 Mar 29, 2026 +3
Trump can't conceive of a relationship that isn't subservience
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cbelt3 Mar 29, 2026 +3
The ambassadors are NOT diplomats any more. They are oligarchs or oligarchs in waiting, depending on the madman for their future.
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Leomonice61 Mar 28, 2026 +476
It’s a bit f****** late, the U.K. has had enough of DT and this accelerated after he threatened to take Greenland. The U.K. needs to stay as close to Europe as possible because Washington is constantly kicking at our government and Ukraine, we were once allies.
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1-randomonium Mar 28, 2026 +1081
>Britain pursuing closer ties with the European Union will “not be viewed favourably” in the White House if it in any way affects the trading relationship between the UK and US, Washington’s ambassador to the UK has warned. >Warren Stephens said that the government’s recent decision to adopt over 70 European rules onto the UK statute book was likely to “be a problem” in Washington if it threatens the recently struck deal with the US. That is a strange thing to say. This in no way affects the terms of the trade deal between the US and the EU. The White House is probably concerned that this will lead to a raising of UK food standards in line with EU regulations, which many American producers wouldn't be able to meet. >Stephens also unleashed fresh rebuke of the UK’s refusal to grant new oil licences, saying the UK could be a price setter for energy if it opens up the North Sea. >The ambassador has been a longstanding critic of the government’s unwillingness to to allow energy companies to drill for new oil, previously saying it makes the UK a difficult place to do business. Is it normal for ambassadors to also offer unsolicited advice on domestic policies of their host countries that have nothing to do with their job? It seems to be quite common for Trump ambassadors.
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TurbulentRadish8113 Mar 28, 2026 +757
The Republicans will backstab the UK the moment they think they can. No deal with them can be trusted.
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TtotheC81 Mar 28, 2026 +382
Oh, it's worse than that. They want to warp us into being them - unthinking patriotism and evangelical zeal, with the fear of God put back into us. They are the reason abortion laws are being challenged, and why the British right is starting to get louder and louder. Hell, GB News is a carbon copy of Fox News, and will have the same result of splitting the British right off from the shared reality the rest of us live in.
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Wgh555 Mar 28, 2026 +182
There's a reason the earliest settler's of the US were English religious nutjobs driven out of England itself - and we should fight to protect that reason, which is a lack of tolerance of extremist religion
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blondie1024 Mar 28, 2026 +40
You're all overwhelmingly echoing what I've felt for absolutely years. I especially agree with u/TtotheC81. There is a massive sense of zealotry coming out from America and as u/Wgh555 said, it's that old Puritanical psycho-fanaticism that seems to be underlying everything. But really, that stupidity has been coopted by Republicans because they know that stupidity is easy to control if you shout and just look like you believe. Half the Republicans believe their bullshit, the other half just go through the motions because they know there's a bunch of bigoted goblins out there that will play Witch Finder General. So glad my parents left when I was young otherwise I'd have to put up with all the changes to womens rights. F them thinking they have a right to do what they like with my own body.
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Objective-Ad-585 Mar 28, 2026 +59
Small reminder that not all of those religious nut jobs left the uk.
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Thebritishlion Mar 28, 2026 +26
And we imported a shed load from other parts of the world to make up for those who left
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lebennaia Mar 28, 2026 +26
They weren't driven out, they left because the government wouldn't let them oppress everyone else as much as they wanted to.
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sensuability Mar 29, 2026 +5
They weren’t even driven out. Left in a huff because not enough Catholics and other assorted heretics were being burnt at stake.
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Buzzkill_13 Mar 28, 2026 +21
I believe Fox "News" started out copying British tabloids, which are THE WORST. They have "evolved" their game and are now coming back at you. The US is just a spawn of the UK, and one can absolutely tell.
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GBrunt Mar 28, 2026 +28
Murdoch has directed and co-opted the UK political landscape for decades, with many on the right of the UK establishment willingly on board. He then grafted that same model onto the US.
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Buzzkill_13 Mar 28, 2026 +21
95 years old that c0nt, and still healthy and happy. There is no karma, no justice in this world for the truly evil people.
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krodders Mar 28, 2026 +12
I'm saving that bottle of champagne for that special obituary, but I'll deffo raise a glass when Murdoch shuffles off
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Nippon-Gakki Mar 28, 2026 +44
Backstab? They will stab you in the front while trying to make it look like it’s your fault.
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I_am___The_Botman Mar 28, 2026 +3
And insist it's a handshake.
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PhilosophyforOne Mar 28, 2026 +10
Oh they’re quite happily stabbing the UK from the front aswell.  Kind of like vampires that way, really. Safest thing is just to not be in room at all with them.
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Potential-South-2807 Mar 28, 2026 +49
>The Republicans Americans
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Huge_Struggle9672 Mar 28, 2026 +9
Well indeed . They were all quite happy to make a criminal their commander in chief and representative to the rest of us . I’m including the ones that abstained from voting who were just as complicit. If you have a lying criminal as your representative I’m going to assume you’re a criminal liar
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Ubiquitor2 Mar 29, 2026 +3
If we count people who chose not to vote (36% of the population) as an "I'm fine with whoever!" then almost 68% of Americans chose or were happy to accept Trump, more than a supermajority
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TurbulentRadish8113 Mar 28, 2026 +17
I disagree. Just look at the difference on Ukraine. The Democrats pushed to fund the democracy's defence despite the Republicans using "they're sending our money abroad" as a political attack. The only reason the US saved Putin's war is because of Republicans. This "but both sides" argument is a large part of how the Republicans won. And it's going to be used in the UK to undermine pro-democracy parties too.
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Own_Answer_5092 Mar 28, 2026 +29
Regardless of whether Democrats are better allies, America is inherently untrustworthy for this very reason. It is now completely politically bipolar. Any policies passed or deals made with allies risk being undone in a four year period when another administration, with a completely different political philosophy, might come to power. Long term strategic political planning and diplomacy requires some degree of continuity.
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TurbulentRadish8113 Mar 28, 2026 +4
I agree with that. This is a problem because Republicans went pro-authoritarian. If they remained generally pro-democracy, we wouldn't have this whiplash.
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YellowIllustrious991 Mar 28, 2026 +12
The Democrats would and do undermine the UK when it suits American interests to do so. Let’s not pretend otherwise. In some ways they’re better (generally when it comes to EU/Ukraine), in others they are worse.
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bananagrabber83 Mar 28, 2026 +5
As is tradition, they’ve been f****** us over since WW2 but somehow they’re supposed to be our ‘friends’.
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citron9201 Mar 28, 2026 +4
Years ago I would have written that the US aren't pushing a deal in good faith as in "they'll like stab the UK in the back if they think they can get away with it" but I was at least thinking that during initial negotiations they genuinely wanted to get closer (and then old habits would kick in) I feel like we reached a point where the deal *is* the part where the US tries to stab you like "trust us, the best thing that could ever happen to the UK is to further isolate themselves from Europe, and become more dependant on us, while we constantly threaten you"
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TurbulentRadish8113 Mar 28, 2026 +16
If Europe sticks together and builds strategic independence, the Republicans and Russians won't have as much leverage to try and tear down our freedoms and democracies. That's why they're against democracies working together.
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Sherool Mar 28, 2026 +109
It's not strange at all, the Trump admin view the EU as an adversary and is openly working to undermine it. They would like nothing better than for EU to disband, or more nations leave it so they can strongarm individual nations into deals more favourable to the US rather than deal with the EU as a unified block.
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Free-Way-9220 Mar 28, 2026 +58
He views the UK as an adversary as well. He doesn't want two of his adversarial powers getting closer together. Other than Bibi and his very strange desire to constantly bootlick Vladimir Putin, he sees everyone as the enemy. And he's told his cult the same, everyone is the enemy and is out to get them
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Abracadaver14 Mar 28, 2026 +18
Trump views anyone that isn't him as an adversary. His life is 100% zero-sum. For him to gain anything, someone else _has_ to lose something. "Apes together strong" just about fits the capacity of his vocabulary, but the concept is entirely foreign to him.
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TheBlack2007 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Yeah, but the US has been opposing European Unification from the very beginning.
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hcornea Mar 28, 2026 +5
The US relationship with every single country is premised on self-interest. Now more than ever.   They cannot be trusted or relied upon.
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GBrunt Mar 28, 2026 +11
Europe has always been seen as a mere field of operations for US Cold War action against Russia in particular, and China to a lesser extent. The rise of the EU threatens that. Brexit was a major success for US global hegemony and an open door for Putin to invade Ukraine in the midst of a newly divided Europe. F*** the European right and far right and everything it stands for.
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whatsgoingon350 Mar 28, 2026 +41
These fucks are upset the UK is looking elsewhere for military equipment or selling weapons. One of the main reasons Republicans where screaming NATO needs to pay more because they wanted to sell more weapons.
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Basteir Mar 28, 2026 +10
"Pay more"? Interesting choice of words. It's supposed to be spend more. Some Yanks seem to think it means other countries should be paying them. As if NATO is a subscription.
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Spinoza42 Mar 28, 2026 +19
US ambassadors are explicitly instructed to sow chaos in Europe. He's just doing what he's instructed to do.
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k3rstman1 Mar 28, 2026 +22
>Is it normal for ambassadors to also offer unsolicited advice on domestic policies of their host countries that have nothing to do with their job? As a Belgian I don't understand why we didnt kick their ambassador out a while ago because of this
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mrizzerdly Mar 28, 2026 +12
I wish a bunch of the middle powers (Canada,UK, everyone else with a shitty US ambassador) would coordinate and persona non grata them in unison.
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kochier Mar 28, 2026 +8
Wish Canada would kick our American ambassador out, shouldn't stand for that level of muckery.
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ouatedephoque Mar 28, 2026 +22
You should see the idiot US ambassador we have in Canada, a real piece of shit.
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R7ype Mar 28, 2026 +18
F*** this idiot lol, what a clown.
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asdhjasdhlkjashdhgf Mar 28, 2026 +24
blunt, US fears the dollar becomes volatile when an upholding economy cuddles with the thought of ending the bullshit victorious hyperbole while watching their economy being thrown under the bus.
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marcoporno Mar 28, 2026 +11
Well, f*** you, Yanks
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Automatic_Artist_931 Mar 28, 2026 +9
Americans know best about everything, as we are continually told by them
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shadowsreturn Mar 28, 2026 +11
In Belgium the American one made a huge fuss over something to do with Jews and circumcision and acted like America was granted right to control how we make up and execute our laws. One politician said smt about it and he wasn't welcome in Usa anymore. Like big boohoo.
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Ontheragnarock Mar 28, 2026 +8
Canada has put up with this shit for decades. I particularly remember the lectures when we expanded marriage laws and legalized marijuana; such pearl clutching.
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1Marty123 Mar 28, 2026 +6
I find it interesting that a failed country is giving advice to the Brits.
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Farnsworthson Mar 28, 2026 +17
I'm sure the UK will remain polite and diplomatic in public, but (until and unless Farage's Trump-lite mob get in), I very much doubt the same will apply behind closed doors. Brexit was a total disaster, and even if it hadn't been, if it comes down to a choice between aligned, closer, stable ties with the EU market on the one hand, or reliance on the total chaos (and effective lack) of a coherent foreign "policy" that is currently Trump's US on the other, it's not likely to be a hard decision. And, frankly, threats aren't likely to be well received, or helpful. (Or, indeed, taken particularly seriously, I suspect, given Trump's tendency to forget what he said yesterday and change his position from one minute to the next.)
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G_Morgan Mar 28, 2026 +5
UK regulation is already at EU levels but the current deal the US was basically open would become more valuable to them should UK regulation drop towards US standards. So getting closer to the EU prevents that from happening.
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francis2559 Mar 28, 2026 +4
I think we are seeing fascists have more loyalty to each other than to their own countries. So they’re trying to force through fascist c*** the way countries used to encourage democracy (or capitalism). So it’s not America minding UK business. It’s fascists in America using America to provide help for fascists in the UK, etc.
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doktorhladnjak Mar 28, 2026 +5
Trump clearly views everything in the world as zero sum. He thinks if someone else is getting a deal, that means he’s losing. It’s stupid.
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SHITBLAST3000 Mar 28, 2026 +4
It’s big boy big pants talk, but this won’t work. The U.S. doesn’t have the diplomatic balls it once had. Everyone is saying something different in Trumps administration, there’s no unified vision. Personally, I think this is something for the right wing morons who argued the UK was a vassal to the EU, are ok with it being a vassal for the U.S. The UKs laws are no consequence to the U.S., what this is a weird attempt to apply pressure which will fail and ultimately show the U.S. has zero soft diplomatic power.
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redloin Mar 28, 2026 +6
The us ambassador to Canada thinks he's a vice regal incharge of Canadian policies. 
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Foreign-Chocolate86 Mar 28, 2026 +379
Another mask-off moment. Could US agents have been involved in pushing Brexit?
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ChauvinistPenguin Mar 28, 2026 +251
Search for Brexit in the Epstein files. It appears 399 times. In at least one of the files, Epstein and his associate (possibly Bannon) talk about how it would be an amazing opportunity. Dismantling globalisation and nation states is a goal of the Epstein billionaire nonces. Search Dark Enlightenment for more info. Sounds made up but the cunts who came up with it are now running the US.
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SlinkyAvenger Mar 28, 2026 +29
399 times, *so far*.
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LaziestRedditorEver Mar 29, 2026 +6
Also farage appears there, Epstein had bannon meet with him, get him on payroll to then instruct him on what to do. That's pretty much the extent of what you'd find at present within the files, but there were a fair few times where the files would mention "this is a conversation not meant for email" or something to that effect, meaning they should have the conversations face to face. Epstein also had Bannon meet with other far right politicians around Europe, but Farage as far as I can remember was the only prominent one actually mentioned.
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gin_possum Mar 28, 2026 +59
Cambridge Analytica and AggregateIQ both performed illegal data mining to micro target ads during Brexit ([source)](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/aggregateiq-privacy-laws-brexit-1.5364217). They were based in Victoria BC, but closely linked with Facebook.
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Farther_Dm53 Mar 28, 2026 +71
Of course trump and his ilk were. The billionare class has a vested interest in creating selfish nations only concerned about giving wealth to the wealthiest classes.
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totallyRebb Mar 28, 2026 +19
More like Russia. Trumpists are basically Russian assets, so the math works out.
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aguadiablo Mar 29, 2026 +4
Nah, don't put all the blame on Russia. There was a lot of push from the people currently running the US for Brexit. It's time people learn that truth
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mjay42 Mar 28, 2026 +10
Yes their names are Epstein, Bannon and others
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helpnxt Mar 28, 2026 +9
In my opinion there was a few groups that were pushing for Brexit, Americans who wanted more access to the food and healthcare market, Russia to weaken UK and EU, disaster capatilist who just wanted to bet on a Country failing, politicians like Boris who used it to further their political careers and the true believers (useful idiots) To be clear though I don't think many of these groups directly worked together but they would for example throw out online campaigns building off others comments to try and push their narrative.
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banditta82 Mar 28, 2026 +162
A squabbling non united Europe is better for US business interests, this has been known for ever. Trumps people are just saying it out loud and encouraging it and there will be plenty of people in Europe that will be happy to help him.
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Master_Trust_636 Mar 28, 2026 +21
Yep. Divide and conquer... textbook since the age of roman empire.
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Wonderful-Pause1048 Mar 28, 2026 +10
And they don’t realize that, as part of Europe, they are harming themselves
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Latter-Corner8977 Mar 28, 2026 +118
So what are you trying to do, Ambassador? Influence our politics? GTFO. Interfering yank c***. Our business is our business, not yours.
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Free-Way-9220 Mar 28, 2026 +37
Trump's National Security Strategy makes it clear that is exactly what he is going to do. [https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf](https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf) Start reading from the paragraph that begins "Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory..."
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brushfuse Mar 28, 2026 +76
How to lose friends and alienate allies. Morons.
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culture_vulture_1961 Mar 28, 2026 +37
Putin hates the EU. Anything that strengthens the EU and the UK he will try to prevent. His tool is Trump and the US ambassador is just a tool. The question the Starmer government needs to ask is "what harm would the US be able to do to Britain that outweighs the benefits of being closer to the EU. that question should be asked in the light of the fact that Trump has consistently screwed over everyone who has ever done business with him. The US cannot be trusted and the EU can.
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aguadiablo Mar 29, 2026 +4
It's not even just Putin that wanted Brexit to happen. It was talked about a lot in the Epstein files. And Steve Bannon was the vice president of Cambridge Analytica, the organisation behind the Facebook campaign. And he boasted about ties with Farage in the Epstein files to Epstein. And Epstein celebrated Brexit with Peter Thiel as the beginning of a return to tribalism.
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culture_vulture_1961 Mar 29, 2026 +5
True. The tech bros hate the EU.
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tormentnexus Mar 28, 2026 +25
The US ambassador can get fucked
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Markis_Shepherd Mar 28, 2026 +78
It seems like the US is massively overplaying their hand.
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kitkatclub_visitor Mar 28, 2026 +21
Let them do it. Let them talk and make mistakes. I couldnt care less if the imperialistic shithole lead by his royal cuntness collapses.
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thehermit14 Mar 28, 2026 +18
They don't have the cards, some may say.
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scarab1001 Mar 28, 2026 +91
The best reason ever to rejoin the EU.
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GoneSilent Mar 28, 2026 +10
for "defense" can't trust the US will back NATO now.
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erikwarm Mar 28, 2026 +46
Maybe the US should try to not be an utter c*** to everyone!
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ionised Mar 28, 2026 +20
We don't care. – signed, the people of the UK (the ones with brains, anyway).
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Wolfeehx Mar 28, 2026 +39
Sounds like a US problem. F*** ‘em. Unreliable, untrustworthy, morally bankrupt failed state.
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jrizzle86 Mar 28, 2026 +18
Trust with US is at an all time low, it makes perfect sense for closer ties with EU
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macrolidesrule Mar 28, 2026 +12
Agent Krasnov must be concerned that some of his master's work may be undone.
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Exact_Patience_9767 Mar 28, 2026 +12
The UK has enough problems already, America, without your stupid overreaching noise poking in. Go back to kissing Israel's ass.
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SHUT_DOWN_EVERYTHING Mar 28, 2026 +14
Yes, the problem is they would be harder to bully if they have closer ties with EU compared to them standing alone.
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ventus1b Mar 28, 2026 +6
Exactly. It interferes with their divide-and-conquer strategy.
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Broken_Reality Mar 28, 2026 +10
As a British person I want the UK to have closer ties to Europe. I would like us to get back to being a member of the EU. We need to step away from the US and the things they are doing. Maybe one day the USA will become a sane nation but right now it is a scary, dangerous, erratic nation.
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SpectrumStr3ngth Mar 28, 2026 +11
Then stop acting like imbeciles. Fix your shit, America.
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readit560 Mar 28, 2026 +47
This is laughable. The UK going Brexit was a stupid decision. 
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Estacionamiento_grat Mar 28, 2026 +8
they still dont get it that nobody wants to play with them anymore.
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jrdeveraux Mar 29, 2026 +10
US’s closer ties with Israel are a problem
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AdviceFit1692 Mar 28, 2026 +17
No one cares what the US thinks at this point, you are no longer respected everyone has US fatigue. The peace board tells you everything you need to know..
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scotsman1919 Mar 28, 2026 +8
F*** them. The US cannot be trusted
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reesly Mar 28, 2026 +8
Good. If former ally, America, thinks it's bad, then it must be good.
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Treader833 Mar 28, 2026 +7
What right does the United States have in telling the UK what ties it can or cannot have? The U.S. is a clear and present danger to the world. F the U.S.
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Jackadullboy99 Mar 28, 2026 +14
F*** the yanks. I’m so sick of the so-called “special relationship”… we are Europeans.
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Minimum_Run_890 Mar 28, 2026 +5
To the US, not to the UK or the EU.
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Mba1956 Mar 28, 2026 +7
At this point UK ties to the US are the real problem. The UK like the rest of Europe are decoupling as fast as it can.
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klaagmeaan Mar 28, 2026 +8
Maybe americans need to be less a****** and more ally. Its a self created problem. Stop whining.
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tjallilex Mar 28, 2026 +5
US president: UK only joins when we already won the war. UK is weak. US ambassador: why you are you turning away from us? Don’t we have a special relationship? This is textbook abusive relationship. US needs therapy and some self-reflection. And UK needs to join us, the weird mainland European friendgroup.
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SpareBee3442 Mar 29, 2026 +7
The US is the problem. Moving into authoritarianism whilst tearing up the international rule book is not the best position from which to lecture people. Closer ties with Europe are essential both for the UK economy and to counter the Russian threat. Farage would bend over for Trump. Luckily we have a government that's better than that.
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Wookieewomble Mar 29, 2026 +7
As a Scandinavian looking from the outside, the US is such a f****** joke.
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Valaquil Mar 29, 2026 +3
It is also a joke looking from the inside
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HettySwollocks Mar 28, 2026 +5
Americans doing American things, sigh
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Particular-County277 Mar 28, 2026 +8
Putin wanted Brexit. Putin does not want UK, EU close ties. Trump wants what Putin wants
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McCool303 Mar 28, 2026 +6
No, what is a problem to the US is the GOP and their belligerent foolishness that is driving our allies away. UK getting closer to the EU is the expected result of half our government insulting our allies. But I wouldn’t expect any dumb f*** installed by Trump to know that. And this a****** going to the UK to threaten then about it is a prime example of the abject failure of governance the Trump administration is.
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Grand_Public Mar 28, 2026 +6
Of course they have closer ties to one side ..... one side is completely fine the other side is a complete c***
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to_glory_we_steer Mar 29, 2026 +6
As a Brit, f*** off. Our ties with America are the problem 
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Sreg32 Mar 28, 2026 +4
US really has a warped view of themselves on the world stage. Every non dictatorship country is trying to distance themselves as fast as possible
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Uarrrrgh Mar 28, 2026 +3
Angering the US is a pretty good indicator that you're in the right track
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Akedi Mar 28, 2026 +6
You are the problem, globally. Irrelevant opinion.
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BaneOfMyLife Mar 28, 2026 +5
Of course. Putin worked hard to fuel Brexit, he doesn’t want them getting closer again. US is just Russias b**** these days so we expect to hear this from them.
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GertieD Mar 28, 2026 +5
Nah. America has a problem with their ignoramus administration.
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tom21g Mar 28, 2026 +5
If it’s possible, the UK should officially tell trump to go f*** himself. Tell trump he can put America under his boot but he sure as hell won’t put the UK and EU under his boot. And btw don: f*** you.
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TheRealCostaS Mar 28, 2026 +6
Straight out of the mouth of a Russian asset
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tjallilex Mar 28, 2026 +5
“The relationship between the US and the EU is… a lot more difficult than the UK,” Weird how that works, a United economic block being more difficult to bully and enforce trade deals.
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mangalore-x_x Mar 28, 2026 +7
The wolf in sheepskin does not like a sheep running back to its herd. The US wants Europe broken.
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randombrosef Mar 29, 2026 +6
Whatever pisses off the current white house is the good and moral thing to do.
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macross1984 Mar 29, 2026 +4
UK is part of Europe even if no longer EU member so what's the big deal? Nothing except in the warped mind of Trump and his lackeys.
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Euclidisthebomb Mar 28, 2026 +3
lol. A problem in that it is less likely that America can exert influence as the other side gains greater combined strength.
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a_cat_named_larry Mar 28, 2026 +5
US: could threatening my allies, abducting my own citizens off the streets, and starting pointless global conflicts be causing a rift in my “special relationships”? No! Europe is the problem!
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Conscious_Archer2658 Mar 28, 2026 +4
The open disdain towards the EU from the US is getting tiring. Unless they're willing to break up the states into fully autonomous independent countries with barely so much as a trade deal between each other and with no free travel, I don't wanna hear it.
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Merdaviglioso Mar 28, 2026 +6
Too f****** bad.
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Ashamed_Molasses_452 Mar 28, 2026 +4
Not the UK it isn't - welcome back Europe!
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S1nnah2 Mar 28, 2026 +6
Pretty sure the problem is the US
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Apart_Bit_6846 Mar 29, 2026 +5
He can get tae f***
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it_diedinhermouth Mar 29, 2026 +4
Is Europe the enemy of the Americans now?
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Razzler1973 Mar 29, 2026 +4
America looks at everything through their own self interests They act confused when other countries have their own interests They seem to think everything should be done with them in mind
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whitew0lf Mar 29, 2026 +4
Can’t wait to Breturn
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Musicman1972 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Not for the entire world except the US. Think about that Embassador. *The entire world is moving away from you*
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ScottOld Mar 28, 2026 +3
orange wannabe dictator is the problem
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ZealousMajestic Mar 28, 2026 +3
UK: You're a problem
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FluffyDoomPatrol Mar 28, 2026 +3
Get fucked.
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Comfortable-Face4593 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Well you are more than welcome to f*** off mr USA ambassador- perhaps if you are kicked out of gchq, fylingdales a few other uk places with cia/nsa secondments - you might realise how much the FVEY is dependent on anyone but the USA.
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RoughestDaddy69 Mar 28, 2026 +3
None of this cunts business. He can go lick his daddy’s fat f****** orange arse
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VivaLirica Mar 28, 2026 +3
US is a weird way to spell Russia.
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cre8ivjay Mar 28, 2026 +3
Mark Carney was right about hegemons and we all knew he very much includes the US in that. When you listen to US representives speak (like the ambassador to the UK), it is telling how threatening and demanding they are. The arrogance of the US is palpable and it will ultimately tear the empire down. It's a shame that something so great will eat itself from the inside out but I suppose that if often the case.
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HeavenInVain Mar 28, 2026 +3
Americans continually showing the world they have no understanding of history or basic geography at this point. What's next, Australia close ties with Asia is a problem.
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ArthursRest Mar 28, 2026 +3
Not for us in the UK it isn’t.
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Ziazan Mar 28, 2026 +3
\[politely:\] get fucked. our trading with other people is none of your business. also the more detached we can be from the US the better going by recent events.
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UnitedStatesOfSmesh Mar 28, 2026 +3
America are a problem for the whole of f****** earth lmao. Giving a dementia riddled god level pedo, moron and narcacist the power to do whatever he wants.
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GamerGuyAlly Mar 28, 2026 +3
Its really funny watching the technofascist empire fail miserably because the rest of the world thinks all the Americans involved are a joke. Yes. Trump will be upset. Oh no. That'll prevent me eating my pasty tomorrow. Whats that, Palantir might not be able to roger my bumhole as easily. F****** hell i best pull my pants back up. Yank bastards. They've never been allies.
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Good_Worldliness7699 Mar 28, 2026 +3
So, then kindly f*** off, mister ambassador!
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newfor_2026 Mar 28, 2026 +3
what did the US ambassador expect! he's a dumbass.
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PurpleCoat6656 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Abusive ex: "You better not have a new boyfriend"!
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filmguy36 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Huh so perhaps if the US wasn’t being such a f****** d***, this wouldn’t be an issue
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catsonlywantonething Mar 28, 2026 +3
The US is a rogue nation and a danger to the developed world
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Suspicious-Box5415 Mar 28, 2026 +3
I think trump is more of a problem tbf
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pushaper Mar 29, 2026 +3
Russia feels the same way
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FoolhardyBastard Mar 29, 2026 +3
This is obvious Russian spy bullshit. They want to destabilize both the EU and the US. Driving a wedge between the anglosphere and the EU is the obvious way to do that. We in the US are obvious tools of the Kremlin at this point. Just ignore us.
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Kathdath Mar 29, 2026 +3
There is little that the US exports that can not be procured from other nations. Given a few years many of the larger US manufacturers (eg Technology) cooporation can relocatate their head-quarters to other nations and US customers can just pay extra for importing.
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HablarYEscuchar Mar 29, 2026 +3
The way the U.S. maintains its hegemonic power isn’t by being better; it’s by undermining what works in other countries so they can never become rivals. Until China came along. A bite too big for them to swallow.
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MRBVIII Mar 29, 2026 +3
From our perspective in the UK, why should we align with the USA over the EU? There is more to be gained from economic collaboration with the EU and the US has proven an unreliable ally in recent years. With the further risk that, at best, you might get 2 years stability after the next election before MAGA flip the house again and we're all back to square one.
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NeonBlazed Mar 29, 2026 +3
UK, please tell your renegade son to behave.
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stowned_the_first Mar 29, 2026 +3
The US's closer ties to Russia are a problem, that and illegal wars.
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TexasBrett Mar 29, 2026 +3
Someone should tell this idiot to STFU. Europe has it right, his dumbass is wrong.
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canspop Mar 29, 2026 +3
If the White House was concerned about affecting trade with the UK, they should get rid of trump.
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RewindUniverseMaybe Mar 29, 2026 +3
Is there a way to mute US, they are annoying
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Prior_Industry Mar 28, 2026 +3
Break the UK away from the EU, make them an easy target. Fits with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
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