not me listening to Spotify playlists titled “missing billionaire submarine playlist” with tracks such as “under pressure” by Queen and Céline Dion
britain should sit down stfu like a good little slave. All of a sudden, giving a2ay your sovereignty and trump cards like Huawei and trade with China weren’t such bright ideas now, innit?Fury? What happened to the stiff upper lip? In any case, the 52nd state isn't allowed to be angry/furious.
Britain’s fury with US as Joe Biden ‘blocks’ Ben Wallace for Nato chief
Minister’s ambition to be the alliance’s next secretary-general thwarted as Washington reportedly refuses to endorse his candidacy
22 June 2023 • 9:56pm
Ben Wallace, seen here with Lloyd Austin at a meeting of Nato defence ministers, has repeatedly expressed his ambitions to be secretary-general of the alliance
Joe Biden has done Britain a “bad turn” by blocking , government sources have said.
The with many member states to succeed Jens Stoltenberg, the current secretary-general, later this year.
But Mr Wallace admitted on Wednesday that his ambition to take over the reins, which he had repeatedly expressed in public, is now “not going to happen”.
Allies of Mr Wallace have since told The Telegraph they believe his ambitions were thwarted after the US president refused to endorse his attempt to become the military alliance’s next secretary-general.
Government sources have suggested there are now fears the snub may .
It now seems likely that Mr Stoltenberg, the former Norwegian premier, will be asked to defer his retirement, originally set for later this year, by 12 months.
A government source said: “We’re . And this is what we get.
“It is what it is … but it is bad for UK-US relations.
“They’ve done the UK a bad turn with their preference for this Danish lady.”
The US president is said to have initially favoured Mette Frederiksen, the socialist prime minister of Denmark, who is being .
But one source said he cooled on her after she failed to impress him during a visit to Washington earlier this month.
The Nato secretary-general chairs meetings of the alliance’s leaders, carries out diplomacy and oversees its army of 4,000 officials in Brussels.
had been popular with members, thanks to his part in the UK’s high-profile role in stiffening Nato’s resolve following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Boris Johnson, the former prime minister, and Rishi Sunak, the current occupant of No 10, had .
However, he was facing an uphill struggle given that European leaders, led by Emmanuel Macron, the French president, are lobbying hard for the next boss to come from an EU state.
The Telegraph understands Mr Biden’s decision not to endorse Mr Wallace’s candidacy proved to be the final nail in the coffin and led to the Defence Secretary pulling out of the race.
Senior figures in Whitehall felt “badly let down” by the US decision, which they fear has sent out the wrong message to allies by snubbing a candidate from Britain.
The UK is one of only seven of the military bloc’s 31 members to have met its target of last year.
Of the 31 members, only the US, the UK, Greece, Poland and the Baltic states spend more than two per cent, but several major countries fall short. Last year Germany, France and Italy were all below the target figure.
A government source said: “We had better watch out about the future of Nato, as there might be more countries seeking to roll back on the two per cent commitment.”
It is possible that the issue may also sour UK support for the US over other international issues, including Washington’s .
Whitehall sources suggested that support for the Danish premier fizzled out when “she failed the interview” on a visit to Washington.
A source close to Mr Wallace agreed with this assessment, commenting: “This is no time for amateurs.”
or did the Americans talk up bs about white Anglo five eyes solidarity and then backstab you after you’d burnt your bridges with the competitio?
theres a lesson in there for Australia.
time for these Chinese women to settle down, get married and contribute to the nation by being wives and mothers, not selfish sex & the city narcissists.
I’m ok with this. In the west, I personally disqualify women from marriage if they are committed to their corporate career, even if it’s as low level as an entry level assistant project manager. Good thing they’re so grrl power yeah!, means I don’t need to waste too much effort or resources getting what I want.
I hope those Vietnamese men realise they’d fare even worse under America as the Vietnam war proved, what with Vietnamese women expected to be prostitutes and bar girls to US soldiers as opposed to wives and mothers of Chinese men.
The issue with Americans isn’t that they have WMDs and have proved willing to use them whilst their propaganda covers for them. The issue with Americans is that they believe they are entitled to the wealth and women of the globe, manifest destiny writ global and China and Russia are the only nations capable of teaching these individuals a lesson.
