May. 07, 2025 |
Imperial equerry. On Tuesday, April 29, The Guardian reported that U.S. officials had informed their counterparts in London that concluding a trade deal with the U.K. was only a second-order priority. Britain will have to patiently wait its turn. And yet, just two months earlier, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had his much-vaunted visit to Washington, where he gave U.S. President Donald Trump a letter from King Charles III that cited “the special relationship between our two countries, of which we are both so proud.” But if the relationship is so special …
Why isn’t the U.K. more important to the U.S.?
—Gustav Jönsson
