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underpants

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Thu May 8, 2025, 07:00 AM May 8

The Trade deal with England feels like the "Special Relationship" [View all]

England/Britain and the US have a “special relationship”, if one state makes a big move the other is obligated to go along. This often deals with military actions and like any special relationship neither state uses is regularly.

Trump needs some deal. Something. Anything. Even he knows these vague promises are wearing thin. We run a trade surplus with England, it is by far the poorest country in Europe, so this is low hanging fruit.

There a scene in “W” that’s depicts this. Bush and Rice take Tony Blair for a walk in the woods at Camp David I think. Blair is expressing all the reservations everyone had - proof? occupying force (UK history)? etc. finally Bush stops and says, “We’re going”. You can see on Blair’s face that he knows he has to go along.

It feels like that to me.

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