"That's diplomatic bullshit. Fuck you. You're either an ally or you're not. Fuck you. The special relationship is over."
"The special relationship is so special only one side knows it exists."
"Why does your government keep grovelling? More fundamentally, we must ask why so much of official Britain, and especially its security establishment, keeps clinging for dear life to the United States."
"A lot of other European leaders have spent much of the past year sacrificing their dignity as they suck up to Trump, condoning his trashing of everything that liberal Europe has stood for since 1945."
The UK government has struggled to assert itself against the US, particularly under Donald Trump's presidency. Despite attempts to maintain a special relationship, the US has shown contempt for British leaders. The notion of a special relationship is questioned, as it appears one-sided. Many European leaders have also compromised their dignity in their dealings with Trump, leading to a broader concern about the UK's reliance on the US and the implications of such an abusive dynamic.
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