Apparently, the United Kingdom is updating its Facebook profile from "Not in a relationship" to "In a relationship with Donald Trump." "He loves the United Kingdom" it says here.
The president's new mouthpiece, Anthony Scaramucci, invited us to "Think about the special relationship we've had since the inception of this great nation." Really - "since the inception of this great nation"? Yeah, I guess the relationship was pretty special in 1776, when the Americans and Brits were fighting a war which cost upwards of 110,000 lives. If by "special" you mean "abusive", Tony. Then there was that unfortunate little war we had in 1812. I know we burned the White House down...
...but, hey, that's in the past and it's all good now. OK, maybe we should update our relationship status to "It's complicated"... We're a team and nothing's going to disrupt us any more. Am I right, Tony?
In the unlikely event that the UK government ever wants our humiliation to stop, do we even have a safe word?
The president's new mouthpiece, Anthony Scaramucci, invited us to "Think about the special relationship we've had since the inception of this great nation." Really - "since the inception of this great nation"? Yeah, I guess the relationship was pretty special in 1776, when the Americans and Brits were fighting a war which cost upwards of 110,000 lives. If by "special" you mean "abusive", Tony. Then there was that unfortunate little war we had in 1812. I know we burned the White House down...
...but, hey, that's in the past and it's all good now. OK, maybe we should update our relationship status to "It's complicated"... We're a team and nothing's going to disrupt us any more. Am I right, Tony?
You know what this nation is? It's a disruptive start-up, it was a group of rich guys who got together and said, "You know what, we are going to break away from the other countries and start our own country."Okaaay. So you're the disrupter in this relationship ... which would make the UK the disruptee. How have relationships between disrupters and disruptees been working out lately? A glance at some recent headlines might give us a clue:
This is a disruptive start-up. You know what the president is doing? He is bringing it back to its roots of disruption.
- McDonald's CEO: 'You have a choice to either be the disrupter or the disrupted'
- "Not intent simply with killing innocents, terrorists seek to destabilise, demoralise, and disrupt our way of life."
- Major construction to disrupt traffic at Reagan National Airport
- Chaos Erupts As Protesters Disrupt Mayor Hodges’s Press Conference
- Traders count losses as campaigns disrupt work
- Limejump closes £3m Series A to disrupt the energy utility market
- Brits face flights disruption after Kos earthquake
In the unlikely event that the UK government ever wants our humiliation to stop, do we even have a safe word?
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