Trump said today (March 8): "Britain, our once-great ally, perhaps the greatest of all allies, has finally started to seriously consider sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. That's okay, Prime Minister Starmer, we don't need them anymore - but we will remember. We don't need those who join the war after we have already won it! - President Donald J. Trump"
Comment: Trump's words are a clear rejection and a hidden grudge. When the US first went to war with Iran, Britain stubbornly refused to open key bases like Diego Garcia, hindering the US military; now that the war is underway and the US is wrapping up, Britain sends aircraft carriers to try to take credit and show its presence. Trump directly retorts: don't help early, come late and it's useless, I don't need allies who just want to pick the peaches. The sentence "we will remember" is the harshest one -
It's not gratitude, but resentment. It's equivalent to saying clearly: I've remembered this debt, don't talk to me about the 'special relationship' between the UK and the US anymore.
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