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The United Kingdom shamelessly prostrated itself at the feet of Donald Trump on Wednesday, throwing a lavish welcoming party for his state visit to Windsor that resembled less diplomacy and more fealty.

In doing so, the U.K. has revealed something deeply unflattering about itself—in the scramble to keep America close, it will debase itself and its values completely.

It will silence dissent, empty out its traditions, and rent out its monarch like a sex worker, deployed to flatter the ego of a man who has spent much of his political life suggesting he should be treated like one, a monarch, not a sex worker, that is.

As stage props go, the monarchy is unbeatable. But if this is what the “special relationship” between the U.S and the U.K. now means, it looks to many in Britain less like a partnership and more like groveling, feudal servitude.

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[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 33 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I don’t know – is this really a “UK bending” thing?

I think this is just how NATO officials have realized how to play the game with him – fluff up his ego a bit and then get to the business talks – you play the game of politics with the hand you’re given.

I guess it might be the greatest public showing so far by a NATO Country(?)

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Honestly, as acts of appeasement go, a fancy dress party seems about the least humiliating thing a country can agree to. Play king for a day, like Make-A-Wish for senile fascists. If that settles the tariff negotiations, then well done.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What about the other capitulations to fascism, and equating anti-genocide with terrorism?

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

What about... ism

[–] Mniot@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

If that settles the tariff negotiations

I agree that if there was a magic "fix this shit for good" button but you had to crawl around and call Trump "sir" a lot that would be worth it. But what's actually going to happen is that he'll hear a loud noise and forget who any of these people are and he'll be like, "two million percent tariff on the uk!!"

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I guess it might be the greatest public showing so far by a NATO Country(?)

By far, although to be fair, most of the rest of us don't have a royal family.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We technically already have him, but not really.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

I'm just back from your country and brought back a $2 coin with his face on it, just found it funny.

[–] Swuden@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I agree this seems to be more a case of Europe having cracked the code on how to manipulate Trump. That being said, I feel like they’re walking a very fine line between dangling the keys to the kingdom in front of the baby, and handing them over.