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My view on a lot of arguing on my timeline: a Biden win isn& #39;t problematic for the UK on a trade level. It& #39;s problematic because a Biden White House won& #39;t care to have a very special relationship with a Brexit Britain that& #39;s hurting Ireland.
Of course the "special relationship" is a meaningless concept, but the way it& #39;s been pitched is as a genuine friendship of equals we can once again focus on after leaving the chattel that is the EU behind. And it& #39;ll put the UK with its rightful close friends! On the world stage!
So much of Brexit is about the appearance of being a global powerhouse and sidling up to the US is instrumental in that perception being perpetuated.
If neither the US nor the EU care to be overly close to the UK, what is it but a small island between world powers?
If neither the US nor the EU care to be overly close to the UK, what is it but a small island between world powers?
Aka Biden will force a confrontation with another part of the Brexit mythos that to date has been untouchable. It& #39;s not about trade. It& #39;s about being seen as "important". Think it& #39;s questionable the UK ever was to Trump. To Biden, it& #39;s the bully sitting on good friend Ireland.
The trade thing is optics. If we get any kind of trade real out of the US it& #39;s a sign that we are good friends and they& #39;re stepping in to take the place of the EU. If that doesn& #39;t happen, people might start wondering where the US is, now that we& #39;re "free" from Brussels.