trump threatens Britain over Falklands

[Guno צְבִי]

The United States has threatened to oppose Britain's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal.

The proposal is among measures being drawn up by senior defence officials at the Pentagon as an incentive to hit Nato's 5 per cent spending pledge.

A senior US official told The Telegraph that Britain was likely to receive "special attention" in Washington's review of its allies' commitment to Nato, which will examine whether member nations have credible paths toward the target.

US threatens Britain over Falklands

The United States has threatened to oppose Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal.

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[Moosakofsky]

The United States has threatened to oppose Britain's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal.

The proposal is among measures being drawn up by senior defence officials at the Pentagon as an incentive to hit Nato's 5 per cent spending pledge.

A senior US official told The Telegraph that Britain was likely to receive "special attention" in Washington's review of its allies' commitment to Nato, which will examine whether member nations have credible paths toward the target.

US threatens Britain over Falklands

The United States has threatened to oppose Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal.

www.yahoo.com

Are you implying that the U.S. will ally with Argentina to take the Falkland Islands?

 

[Diogenes]

I guess the Brit shits had better hop to it!

 

[martin]

Are you implying that the U.S. will ally with Argentina to take the Falkland Islands?

He implied nothing. He passed on a news report of a threat by the Trump administration.

 

[Moosakofsky]

He implied nothing. He passed on a news report of a threat by the Trump administration.

Not much of a threat, is it?

 

[Crepitus]

The United States has threatened to oppose Britain's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal.

The proposal is among measures being drawn up by senior defence officials at the Pentagon as an incentive to hit Nato's 5 per cent spending pledge.

A senior US official told The Telegraph that Britain was likely to receive "special attention" in Washington's review of its allies' commitment to Nato, which will examine whether member nations have credible paths toward the target.

US threatens Britain over Falklands

The United States has threatened to oppose Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal.

www.yahoo.com

That's so ridiculously short sighted it just boggles the mind.

 

[Diogenes]

Anonymous sources again?

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Yes. The entire story rests on one unnamed “senior US official” speaking to The Telegraph.


The paper’s exclusive says Pentagon officials are drawing up measures to push NATO allies toward the 5% target. Britain is slated for “special attention” because the June defence investment plan (from the Starmer period) is viewed as insufficient. When the official was asked specifically about changing the U.S. position on the Falklands, the reply was: conversations are “candid and nothing is being ruled out as far as options for encouraging the sort of burden-sharing that we seek.”


That is the closest thing to a threat. It is not an on-the-record statement from the White House, State Department, Pentagon leadership, or Trump. Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s top policy official, spoke on the record in Brussels this week about the UK needing to “step up” more than some other allies; he did not mention the Falklands.


Official U.S. policy has not changed. Washington still describes itself as neutral on sovereignty while recognizing the UK’s de facto administration of the islands. Secretary of State Marco Rubio used almost identical language in April when a leaked Pentagon email first floated using the Falklands as leverage after some NATO members declined to support U.S. operations against Iran. Rubio called that leak “just an email” and “overexcited.”


Yahoo, GB News and others ran with “US threatens” / “Trump threatens” headlines. Those are stronger than the sourcing supports. This is the same pattern as the April story: an anonymous or leaked Pentagon-level discussion recycled as settled administration policy. Whether the discussion is real inside the building is plausible given the broader NATO spending review; whether it becomes actual U.S. policy is a different question that so far has no named official attached to it.

US Threatens UK on Falklands | Shared Grok Conversation

Anonymous sources again? https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us-threatens-britain-over-falk

grok.com

 

[Crepitus]

Are you implying that the U.S. will ally with Argentina to take the Falkland Islands?

The poster isn't saying anything like that.

tRump is hinting at it though.

 

[Crepitus]

Not much of a threat, is it?

Actually yes, it is.

 

[Diogenes]

Not much of a threat, is it?

Not much of a "news report", either.

Jew?No! wants it to be true.

 

[Diogenes]

TRump is hinting at it.

Who told you that?

"Sources"?

 

[Hawkeye10]

MAFIA TACTICS.

 

[Hawkeye10]

The British military now is mostly vaperwear....it does not exist.

Ditto their military industrial complex....I have told the story a few times how they decided they need a new tank....looked around and figured out that the Rump of the UK can no longer build tanks.

"Well we will remanufacture the old ones!"

NOPE....cant do even that.

 

[Hawkeye10]

The Brits built 2 carriers.

One sometimes works.

It has something like 6 planes.

 

[martin]

Not much of a threat, is it?

Trump threats being a dime a dozen maybe not.

 

[Hawkeye10]

I heard the other day on my information network that currently not a single British sub is operational.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Also heard recently that the Brits have more Admirals than they have ships on the roster.....and of those far less than half are operational........like 20% ( I forget and am not going to research it now).

 

[Moosakofsky]

Actually yes, it is.

How so?

 

[Moosakofsky]

The Brits built 2 carriers.

One sometimes works.

It has something like 6 planes.

How many do Russia and China have?

 

[Moosakofsky]

The United States has threatened to oppose Britain's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal.

The proposal is among measures being drawn up by senior defence officials at the Pentagon as an incentive to hit Nato's 5 per cent spending pledge.

A senior US official told The Telegraph that Britain was likely to receive "special attention" in Washington's review of its allies' commitment to Nato, which will examine whether member nations have credible paths toward the target.

US threatens Britain over Falklands

The United States has threatened to oppose Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal.

www.yahoo.com

Actually yes, it is.

Trump threats being a dime a dozen maybe not.

What will the consequences be if he actually carries through with this "threat" ?