US-UK RELATIONS TO REMAIN STRONG AFTER BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNATION, BIDEN SAYS

Fri 08 July 2022:

After British Prime Minister Boris Johnson chose to resign, US President Joe Biden stated that he is looking forward to continuing their “close cooperation” with the UK.

Johnson was not mentioned in the White House’s official statement, but Biden stated that he hoped the “special relationship” between Americans and Britons “remains strong and enduring” and that they needed to cooperate on problems like the ongoing Ukrainian crisis.

“When the dust settles in London, Johnson’s resignation will do better than harm to the US-UK relationship,” said Charles Kupchan, who served as President Barack Obama’s Europe adviser in the White House according to The Guardian.

“That’s mainly because Washington needs a very steady hand on the steering wheel and Johnson has lurched from one crisis to the next. He hasn’t been able to provide the kind of continuity and the political strings that the US and the world desperately need right now.”

Johnson and Biden have not always had a good relationship. Biden reportedly referred to Johnson as a “physical and emotional clone” of the then-president Donald Trump and expressed skepticism about the possibility of Brexit and the damage it poses to the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland.

However, both countries approached the war in Ukraine in unity, and both were harsh in their criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A lot of weapons were delivered to Ukraine by the US and the UK, and it will be important to understand the future of the partnership in the days to come.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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