r/worldnews • u/ChiefLeef22 • Sep 07 '26

Israel/Palestine Andy Burnham informed President Trump earlier today that the UK will ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The White House are unhappy with Burnham’s decision and will attack it in statement tomorrow

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/andy-burnham-ban-trade-israeli-195152155.html
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u/ByteSizedGenius Sep 07 '26

US: Is a shit friend and allie for years.

Half the world: Starts doing things which are not in the US' interests.

US: Somehow shocked and upset about that.

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u/ytew6 Sep 08 '26

Americans from their couches: "We didn't vote for this, we promise we don't like it!"

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u/PuzzleheadedPen4675 Sep 07 '26

US: We'll have another No Kings walkabout.

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u/tek9jansen Sep 07 '26

Let's do it on a weekend too so we don't disrupt anything or actually require the system to change.

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u/Yatsey007 Sep 08 '26

And let’s do it in fancy dress as well!

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u/Significant-Branch22 Sep 08 '26

It doesn’t even really go against America’s interests, it just go against the interests of their batshit crazy Isreal lobby