Radio 4: The Future of UK-US relations

I think and I hope it will not be like the past because asymmetric relationships where one partner is overly dependent or reliant on the other is never healthy. In this particular geopolitical environment, the UK can no longer rely solely on that so-called special relationship and the assumption that the US will be the primary most reliable or closest ally of the UK. Particularly under Trump where he's weaponizing that interdependence and those relationships with allies."