Generally speaking people and countries are less likely to help you, when you have recently threatened, insulted and belittled them.
Everything is completely transactional for Trump. What is in it for him? There is no longer a UK-US relationship in any meaningful sense. The sooner British politicians understand that, the better.
- Europe gets a lot of it's oil through the Straits of Hormuz.
- Xi might see this as his opportunity to attack Taiwan.
It is just a huge mess in which everyone loses. Except perhaps Netanyahu and Trump, personally.
bluGill•33m ago
i'm not in favor of this attack but trying pretened a deal was close is clearly wrong as those paying attention well knew
blitzar•20m ago
Those that were paying attention knew there was a deal in place that the US withdrew from then tried to negotiate a worse deal for themselves.