Do we, though? Macron’s reaction seems to go too far the other way. Surely a “Congratulations on your reelection, Mr President and we look forward to working with you in the interests of both our countries” would be sufficient.
Yeah something like that probably would be sufficient. But maybe Starmer’s statement was more flattering because he really wants the US-UK relationship to work. Europe perhaps doesn’t need to be so flattering, especially since Europe is a much bigger bloc, so it can throw its own weight around a bit more (e.g. if the EU introduced tariffs on US goods it would presumably hurt the US more, compared to if Britain did the same thing).
Really awful. Starmer could congratulate Trump without indulging him.
Realistically perhaps Britain just needs partners, with the US of course being a major partner (Five Eyes for example).
If we weren’t so closely tied to the US then maybe Starmer could be making a statement similar to that of Macron and Scholz today:
Germany, France vow close cooperation after US election… “We will work in this new context for a more united, stronger, more sovereign Europe…”
Do we, though? Macron’s reaction seems to go too far the other way. Surely a “Congratulations on your reelection, Mr President and we look forward to working with you in the interests of both our countries” would be sufficient.
Yeah something like that probably would be sufficient. But maybe Starmer’s statement was more flattering because he really wants the US-UK relationship to work. Europe perhaps doesn’t need to be so flattering, especially since Europe is a much bigger bloc, so it can throw its own weight around a bit more (e.g. if the EU introduced tariffs on US goods it would presumably hurt the US more, compared to if Britain did the same thing).
Maybe I’m wrong, I dunno.