{"id":21937,"date":"2024-04-09T06:52:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T06:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/have-lord-camerons-words-come-back-to-bite-him\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T06:52:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T06:52:46","slug":"have-lord-camerons-words-come-back-to-bite-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/have-lord-camerons-words-come-back-to-bite-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Have Lord Cameron’s words come back to bite him?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How much will Donald Trump have enjoyed it?<\/p>\n

A British Foreign Secretary – the same one who had described him, variously, as “stupid,” “wrong” and “misogynistic” – knocking on his door<\/a><\/strong> to ask a favour.<\/p>\n

Toe-curling stuff, but a necessity nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Lord Cameron<\/a><\/strong>‘s US detour to Mar-a-Lago acknowledges where power lies in the political arm wrestle over Ukraine<\/a> <\/strong>aid. Trump is against the $60bn package, as it stands, and his influence shapes opposition on the Republican right.<\/p>\n

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Lord Cameron told Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong> that Ukraine’s war was America’s war, too, and backing Ukraine and NATO is the right thing to do.<\/p>\n

He stressed the amount that Britain and other allies have committed to defence spending – an issue for Trump, who does not think NATO members stump up enough.<\/p>\n

It was a case put to a man who has heard it before, and yet it had to be put again.<\/p>\n

Lord Cameron, and allies awaiting a debrief, will hope his involvement elevated the argument above the attrition of US politics and offered clarity on a crisis.<\/p>\n

The pair also talked Middle East and that will be on the agenda at meetings with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and members of Congress.<\/p>\n

A notable absentee from the list is Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

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We’re told by the British side that he could not find time in his diary.<\/p>\n

A US House Speaker who cannot spare a few minutes for a British Foreign Secretary? It sounds far short of the “special relationship”.<\/p>\n

You have to wonder if Lord Cameron’s words have come back to bite him.<\/p>\n

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Remember he likened US opponents of Ukraine aid to appeasers of Hitler?<\/p>\n

At the time, it did not impress Republican House representative and Trump ally, Marjorie Taylor Greene, who told Sky News that Lord Cameron could “kiss my ass”<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It happens that Greene and Speaker Johnson are two central characters in the political machinations around Ukraine aid.<\/p>\n

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As Speaker, he has the potential to be a Mr Fixit and bring legislation to the House floor with a view to pushing it through.<\/p>\n

She has threatened to force a vote for his dismissal if he does so.<\/p>\n

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It’s complicated and, right now, Lord Cameron might not be the company he wants to keep.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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