Could Trump withdraw US support for UK sovereignty of Falklands?
Proposal is said to be contained in an internal Pentagon email
The White House is considering punishing European countries who have failed to assist Donald Trump wage his war in Iran, according to an official within the Pentagon.
Keir Starmer, once described as “https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/26/keir-starmer-to-meet-donald-trump-in-new-york-in-push-for-good-relationship">very nice” is now routinely said by the US president to be a “coward” and “no Churchill”.
It is claimed that Trump could go further and withdraw American support for Britain’s sovereignty of the Falkland Islands over which the UK and Argentina went to war in 1982.
The proposal is said to be contained in an internal Pentagon email.
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