It's just false. They had already pledged to raise defence spending way before trump was even running. This isn't hard to find out. Whether they raise it yet further is definitely a question though. It's absolutely true that Trump's prior rhetoric has included banging on about nation spending on defence not meeting 2% of GDP. The UK already exceeds that, but the question as to whether he may remove Ukraine help and who'll shoulder the shortage (if anyone) is the actual issue.felter wrote: ↑Mon, 11. Nov 24, 01:02 Trumps election is causing a headache for the UK Government they just don't know what to do about him. They have raise defence spending as they predict his actions intentionally or not will probably cause a major war, I know our previous government were looking at bringing back conscription and I wouldn't be surprise if the current one ends up doing this also.
Conscription was a dog whistle to a minority as a vote winner, not serious policy. It was absolutely ridiculed.
Demonstrably false though - just read https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... accessiblefelter wrote: ↑Mon, 11. Nov 24, 01:02 The UK is normally one of the first countries to make an official invite to a new incoming President to visit the UK the problem is legally Trump is not allowed to enter the UK as he is a convicted felon with also a rape conviction, though while that one is civil it still has to be taken into account and with 49 sexual assault allegations against him, he has to be considered a prolific sexual predator and these types of people are normally never allowed to enter the UK.
As you acknowledge, the rape is a civil suit so isn't "convicted"; but the rules are clear. His sentencing has yet to occur wrt the felonies - maybe it'll happen. But the kicker is everything is up to the Government; they can override everything and there's no problem in doing so. Why you'd think there is... just if they do go full state visit 2 then hopefully folks will find that Donald Baby blimp and fly it high and proud again. I mean, that's literally going to be the most upsetting thing for him. Other than perhaps King Charles ducking the engagement due to sudden chronic "diarrhoea". We can butt hope.
The UK and USA work very closely, as do many allied nations, in a huge and wide variety of areas. The idea that they'll "stfu" and not share is farcical. There is an absolutely insane quantity of information these nations find/harvest/share and it isn't all on the leaders plate as this isn't the feudal middle ages where no-one can make a decision without the GLORIOUS LEADER's! say so. The benefits of cooperation are going to far outweigh the absolute "pull up the drawbridges"; they have people (in numbers) embedded in each other's agencies/locations/services. I'm sure there'll be a few moments/headaches, but it's not going to ruin them. They appeared to manage perfectly fine last time after all...felter wrote: ↑Mon, 11. Nov 24, 01:02 They don't know what to do about this, I suspect the UK and other governments around the world will only supply America with the bare minimum information mainly just need to know things, like if a terrorist group was about to attack America I suspect everything else will be held back out of fear of it being leaked either during or after his Presidency. This alone is something that should never be happening, but Trump and America cannot be trusted while he is in power, so it has to be considered.
This (from Jon Stewart, again - i know i keep using him, but there's a reason)... https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2255474384912659 and https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1431111420883092 It's worth watching for some perspective (filmed before the election by 5 months). It is worthwhile for any side of any political spectrum as it's NOT specific to any side. It's just an observation. But every generation thinks their's is the worst; it's all over. As he says "they dropped the Atomic bomb..." (history).
The world isn't going to end. We've been in a cold war where any wrong saying/action results in total nuclear war. We've experienced huge financial turmoil, complete upheaval in politics and more. It's likely going to be a rocky road ahead. But it's not the end and we're not all about to die. It's 4 years, we'll be fine... within reason
Can't do anything more then laughing, everything else hurts too much.
