After Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential campaign, leading figures in the City of London openly voiced fears that his presidency might rupture the so-called "Special Relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom. The relationship was crafted by Winston Churchill after World War II, to maintain Britain's status as a world power, despite its economic and military decline, by creating a strategic partnership between the two countries, committing U.S. military power to defend the global interests of a British-directed empire.
It was to prevent this rupture that officials in the British intelligence and diplomatic establishment concocted the fabricated charges which became known as "Russiagate", alleging that Russian President Putin had interfered on Trump's behalf in the 2016 election to help him win, and possessed compromising material -- detailed in the "Steele dossier" produced by "former" MI6 operative Christopher Steele -- which could be used to blackmail Trump if he were elected. The Russiagate story was launched by Britain's GCHQ and MI6, to prevent him from fulfilling his campaign promise that he would develop a friendly relationship between Russia and the U.S., which would break the geopolitical containment of Russia demanded by the City of London and western neocons.
A report released in November 2018 by the House of Lords, "U.K. Foreign Policy in a Shifting World Order", reflected the desperate panic of the City of London financial and corporate cartels over the possibility of a Trump re-election in 2020. If that occurred, Britain would be reduced to being a third-rate power, a minor player in an American-dominated Unipolar Order.
When Trump began his state visit to London last week, one knowledgeable European source said that he expected the British will use the trip as an opportunity to "recapture the U.S. Presidency" for the Special Relationship. He was counting on a "charm offensive" by King Charles, amidst the splendor of Windsor Castle, to play to Trump's ego, to convince him of his world historic significance as the guardian of the relationship. Another source disagreed, saying that for the intelligence, military, financial and diplomatic communities of both countries, the special relationship never ended. (more...)
Theater in London: Trump, King Charles and the "Special Relationship"
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