"The assumptions of 2010 that we were always going to be part of a US coalition is really just not where we are going to be," Ben Wallace told the Sunday Times.
Wallace said that Trump's isolationist policy, in which it risks "[withdrawing] from its leadership around the world" meant the UK would need to look to other international defence allies in future. "We are very dependent on American air cover and American intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets," he said.Wallace's comments were described by the former Conservative foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt on Monday as "courageous and right."
"American commitment to leadership of the alliance of democracies is weaker than it's been in some time," Hunt told BBC Newsnight. "Ben Wallace pointing out that we can't take American leadership for granted is courageous and right." The comments came as the US threatened to cut off security ties with the UK, if Johnson allows Chinese telecoms company Huawei, a role in Britain's 5G network.senior US official told the GuardianHowever, Johnson refused to rule out going ahead with the Huawei deal, telling the BBC that "The British public deserves access to the best possible technology.
Racist. Now you've made him really look like a cheeto.
He needs to complete Brexit and devolve his country from all American support.