Trump’s Betrayal of Britain
During his campaign, the president encouraged Brexit. Now, as Britain struggles with its transition from the EU, he’s turned his back.
In the 1980s, a group of anti-Communist student activists in Poland popularized the slogan “Smile! Tomorrow will be worse.” Those words apply well to Donald Trump’s diplomacy.
On Thursday, Trump brought chaos to a NATO summit. Friday will be his day to apply his special touch to the U.S.–U.K. relationship.
This is a moment when America’s closest security partner badly needs American help. In 2016, 51.9 percent of the British public who voted in the Brexit referendum opted to quit the European Union. The leaders of the “Leave” campaign assured voters that the:
