After Sir Keir Starmer’s victory, what next for the ‘special relationship’? | US News

Number 10’s new advisers will have been busy rewriting the briefing notes marked “special relationship”.

It is uncomfortable.

When the prime minister steps off a plane in Washington DC this week – by NATOAt Trump’s 75th anniversary summit, he will step into the middle of an American political drama with a conclusion no one can predict.

Joe Biden He is your host, but for how long? Sir Keir knows that he could be shaking the hand of a dead man.

His first high-level meeting with the sitting president could be his last, given doubts that Biden will make it to next week, politically. the November elections don’t matter.

The US report calls for a three-dimensional diplomacy built around Biden, the Democrat who could replace him and the Republican who could replace both. donald trump.

For Starmer, Trump 2.0 would be complicated.

The new prime minister is aligned with current White House thinking on Loop, Ukraine and NATO.

That will aggravate talks with Team Trump, as will a UK “reset” regarding: Porcelain That doesn’t necessarily jive with Trump’s belligerence toward Beijing: He will want his allies to fall in line.

Beyond the political agenda, there is the fundamental question of political philosophy.

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Over the years, relations between the United Kingdom and the United States have been built on shared democratic ideals and values. It is the “given” that has underpinned the bond over the years.

With a Trump re-election, he would be given the stress test that Starmer does not need.

Whatever the change in number 10, the American end of the special relationship will determine how special it is.

No changes there.