Joe Biden informed ‘harm’ to UK relations ‘cannot be undone whereas nonetheless president’
Joe Biden has been warned the “damage” he has executed to the ‘particular relationship’ between the UK and US now “cannot be undone while he is still president”.
The US president, in contrast to his predecessor Donald Trump, has proven little curiosity in progressing a post-Brexit commerce cope with the UK. He had publicly voiced his displeasure on the Government’s stance on the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Last month, he skipped the Coronation of King Charles III and is reportedly pushing for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to be the following head of NATO – weeks after UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace’s candidacy was blocked by the White House.
The 80-year-old visited Britain earlier this week however he was within the nation for lower than a full day and spent lower than an hour with Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street – a transfer that has angered many.
Nile Gardiner, a international coverage skilled and former aide to Lady Margaret Thatcher, informed Daily Express US: “The trip was pointless. It was a brief stop on the way to the NATO summit and there was nothing of any substance from it.
“It simply encapsulates Biden’s total method to the UK, which is dismissive and an additional illustration that he’s no pal of Britain.
“He has been the most anti-Briitish president in the modern era. He’s knifed Britain in the back on multiple occasions, from sinking a US-UK trade deal to most recently destroying the candidacy of Ben Wallace to be the next NATO Secretary-General.
“Biden has behaved in an appalling trend and his go to to London – spending lower than an hour with the Prime Minister and solely a few hours with King Charles III at Windsor Castle.
Mr Biden has needed to fend off fierce accusations over current weeks that the US president is “anti-British”, a declare the White House has publicly denied.
During talks with Mr Sunak on Monday, he insisted the ‘particular relationship’ between the US and UK is “rock solid”.
But within the eyes of Mr Gardiner, the US president’s go to did completely nothing to silence the accusations he’s “anti-British”.
The international coverage skilled continued: “This wasn’t even a minion state visit – it was just a brief stopover and Biden has done a great deal of damage to the ‘special relationship’ with the UK.
“I do not assume that may be undone, at the very least whereas he’s nonetheless president however it may be reversed when we have now a brand new Conservative president who really believes within the alliance with Britain, and Biden clearly would not.
“Nothing can be done to repair the damage that has been done while Biden is still president.”
Mr Biden flew into London on Sunday night earlier than touring to 10 Downing Street for talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The two leaders sipped tea within the backyard in entrance of the media, with numerous subjects on the desk within the brief assembly, together with help for Ukraine through the battle with Russia.
The US President insisted the connection between the US and the UK is “rock solid” whereas Mr Sunak mentioned it was “great for us to carry on our conversation” following a string of conferences this 12 months, together with final month’s go to to Washington.
The Prime Minister added: “We stand as two of the firmest allies in that alliance and I know we’ll want to do everything we can to strengthen Euro-Atlantic security.”
Mr Biden later tweeted a photograph of him shaking palms with Mr Sunak on the steps of 10 Downing Street.
He wrote alongside the image: “From 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to 10 Downing Street – our two nations couldn’t have a closer friend, nor a greater ally, than one another. United.”
Downing Street later issued a press release saying the 2 leaders had “agreed to hold the first high-level meeting between Number 10 and White House representatives in October to drive progress under the Atlantic Declaration”.