LONDON (AP) — Ever since Winston Churchill coined the phrase in the wake of World War II, politicians have extolled the “special relationship” between the United States and Britain.
Under President Donald Trump’s second administration, Britain will settle for a merely functional relationship with its former colony turned most important ally. As Trump threatens to slap tariffs on America’s neighbors, mulls buying Greenland and suggests the U.S. could “take over” and reconstruct Gaza,Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government is racing to bolster its diplomatic and economic defenses for a turbulent new transatlantic era.
“We’re in such uncharted waters that anyone who claims to know what in the hell is going on is
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