US says it could back Argentina’s claim to the Falklands as ‘punishment’ for UK

Release the Epstein files. Trump rapes children.

Be a real shame if someone...built windmills on them.

This is the way, see how quickly he would shut up

Just deny Trump, a felon, the right to visit them. He'd go crazy with the idea of the restriction.

The guy is such a tube! He belongs in a cesspit!

It makes sense if you view it as Trump sabotaging America's special relationship with the UK. Which works out well for Russia.

I don't exactly know but I do remember both Trump and Milei governments tried to do some crypto stuff that either crashed or turned out to be a scam.

Billions are invested in Argentina by people like Rob Citrone and others, which is why the Big Orange gave them a $20 billion bailout recently when the economy in Argentina faltered. It's all cronyism. That, and they want politics like Milei to spread and take root in the region.

Trump bailed out Argentina to help get Milei re-elected so he would still have an ally in power there.

No, but they did pay the membership fee/bribe for the trump club.

Argentina is basically controlled by the US and its business links.

Because it will be easier to take from Argentina than UK

Because they're part of the cult lol

Him, Netanyahu, Putin?

Anyone who thinks the US is an ally moving forward under any leadership is kidding themselves. The only way that can change is if Americans actually turn off Netflix for 10minutes and demand accountability put all the traitors in stocks. It's been 16months of blatant crime, corruption and damage around the globe. So far Netflix is winning. Americans can't even stop buying Tesla's 😅

It's not trump. Rephrase that: Whoever thinks the USA can be an ally is thick as pig shit.

Trumps only ally is Benjamin Franklin

Well it’s also convenient one of the more corrupt countries with a taste for the finer things and new outsider right wing president has caught Trump’s eye. It’s hilarious how his base will take it as some sorta comradely gesture to a fellow Conservative minded people. Just ignore the fact every world leader he backs ends up in jail for corruption as he distances himself. Surely he is not after some of that corruption money?

Replace Trump with America and you're on point.

Argentina have taken in US support many times in exchange for continued corruption. The Argies will probably love it.

"ME ME ME"

But tbh does he really mean to serve the interests of the other 2? I mean ultimately the other 2 benefit off his presidency solely because he prioritizes himself first. In the sense, if Netanyahu and Putin spoke against him he wouldn’t back them either. So it’s either himself or no one and more narcissism and “money making” mentality than sticking with ideologies.

Yes, as someone from the UK, it is very clear that the US is now an enemy rather than an ally. It's not just this either. Threats against our strong friend and ally Canada. More threats against another friend and ally Greenland. Vance coming to Europe and giving a speech in which he said the US would interfere in European politics to support hard right parties. It's mad to think that the country which the UK stood side by side with after 9/11 has now turned against the West and gleefully thrown that relationship away. Even if they replaced Trump with a Democrat the trust would still be broken, because they may just then go an elect another proto-fascist again afterwards.

The sad thing is how all of this was so easily predictable. I honestly don't understand how anyone could think Tump winning in 2024 would be a good thing for anyone who isn't incredibly wealthy.

Who needs enemies when you have allies like the US.

It could force the United Kingdom to send a destroyer down there to show they are serious.

Trump is a toddler, he thinks breaking things is as much an accomplishment as making them

This is a 4 days old story that apparently this idea was floated round as an option but had no real support. Its not that the US would not do this, but the story had nothing to do with the state visit and was part of a series of measures against various countries. While it does cast light on the US administration and what they think may be possible it has no real policy weight at the moment.

The whole state visit is ridiculous. It just makes the UK look pathetic, Trump bullying us and then we send our Head of State over to fawn to him. And the state visit last year was a bad joke as well.

He is such an a****** and a humiliation to his office

The UK are so intertwined with the US we can’t just cut off ties. Apple, AWS, Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, Mastercard, Swift, VISA thats the complete collapse of our economy. Defence basically falls apart, nuclear deterrent is on a timer before it’s useless without US maintenance. Submarines use US parts, our new Frigates are getting American missile silos. We lose access to a load of our intelligence channels including things like SOSUS that allows us to track Russian submarines in the North Atlantic. Our defence sector takes a huge hit with the amounts of equipment it exports to the US. Around a quarter of our trade goes to the US worth £200b a year We also import a 20% of our energy from the US so while a cutting ties between the US and UK sounds great it doesn’t off set how fucked we are if we just cut ties with the US immediately. We absolutely need to move away from our reliance on them but it will take a long time.

I agree with your thoughts. However, the entire process takes time: from the announcement of the plan to its implementation. I hope that the EU is already secretly developing a new defense system, independent of NATO.

I think this is specifically what Putin wants

And the liberation of the Patagonian territories that Argentina has occupied since the desert campaign of 1833 - 1834. We should definitely start providing support to the Mapuche territorial movements in Argentina, see if we cause cause them enough of a headache to topple the government :D

Even better! Or we could even tell Mexico that if they want Texas back...

It might also be Milei stirring up patriotism like what happened the last time Argentina wanted the Falklands.

The UK should back Greenlands claim to the US.

The problem is that Trump may well agree to it if Putin offers him enough money.

Should be part of Canada really.

Article 5 doesn’t cover the Falklands. it is restricted by Article 6, covering member territories, forces, and ships located north of the Tropic of Cancer.

For telling him he can get fucked if he thinks we'll join his stupid war.

For not joining in on the initial attacks on Iran and then subsequent efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.