"In his account of Tony Blair's years in power, the New Machiavelli, Jonathan Powell sets out two opposing strategies for any British prime minister in dealing with their counterpart in the White House. The first, he says, is cutting a bella figura by openly criticising the US president, for which he gives the example of the French. The other, and the approach preferred by Powell, is to do diplomacy in private and build a close relationship, in the hope of having greater influence."
"Yet within 24 hours of his measured address, Trump had set off another diplomatic bomb. This time, by launching an extraordinary broadside against the UK's Chagos deal, which he had previously warmly endorsed. At the same time, Trump posted an AI generated image on his Truth Media social platform of him in the Oval Office with European leaders, including Starmer, presenting them with a map showing Greenland, Canada and Venezuela covered in the US flag."
Two strategies for a British prime minister dealing with a US president are public criticism (cutting a bella figura) or private diplomacy to build a close relationship and influence. Jonathan Powell prefers private diplomacy and serves as Keir Starmer's national security adviser and closest lieutenant on world affairs. Starmer favors pragmatic, calm discussion rather than gesture politics that could damage the relationship. Within 24 hours of a measured Downing Street address, the US president attacked the UK's Chagos deal and posted an AI-generated image showing him with European leaders and a map of Greenland, Canada and Venezuela covered by the US flag. Starmer says pragmatism is not passivity, but public disapproval of his handling of the US president is mounting.
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