So, “The Donald” is going to make his great announcement about the new import taxes aka “tariffs” at 9PM BST tonight!
Well that will at least give the TV journalists on the BBC something to report upon at 10PM!
It appears to be a possibility that the Trump administration may impose tariffs on a particular country (the UK) or group of countries (the EU) and then signal that the administration will consider negotiating a different “deal”!
Some have postulated that the Trump administration may seek to impose certain terms attached to any “trade deal” or “tariff agreement”, terms that may not be financial but political.
Such as Ms Emily Maitlis aka Mrs Mark Gwynne have indicated their outrage were the Trump administration to attach such terms – such as releasing a certain Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon aka “Tommy Robinson” from prison and possibly Mrs Lucy Connolly, the wife of West Northamptonshire Conservative councillor Mr Raymond Connolly.
I realise that such releases will likely send Mrs Gwynne’s blood-pressure up to unsettling levels, but lest she forget, the UK has been a past master in such tactics when it comes to foreign aid and foreign relations. British politicians are very enthusiastic when it comes to suggesting that countries who have not decriminalised homosexuality do so – on the basis that not doing so would not help and would in fact hinder trade between the UK and themselves!
In other words what is sauce for the British goose is also sauce for the American gander!
Of course were Kneeler Starmer to submit to such demands it would directly benefit Mr Yaxley-Lennon and Mrs Connolly; it would likely damage the Unfortunate Mr Farage and his Reform Party Limited political organisation (whose liability is limited by shares); for many centre right, centre and left leaning Britons (that is most of the country) will deprecate his closeness to and/or support of Mr Trump!
Forcing Kneeler Starmer to release a number of political activists from prison will humiliate Kneeler and weaken him. It will also boost Mr Trump’s ego. One thing is clear about Mr Trump, he loves demonstrating who is the boss!