 Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland must be met with a united European response – and that means the UK too. The Brexit vote ten years ago was won using xenophobia and lies. For Brexit’s architects, though, the point of the project was something else: shifting the UK away from its European alliances and into the orbit of the US. That project failed long ago. This week, we see starkly how the move away from the EU and towards the US has weakened the UK geopolitically. Again and again, Trump’s US is attacking its supposed allies, using trade tariffs as a political weapon. And every time, the UK refuses to ‘retaliate’ – and it is clear that there is little that we could do alone in any case. The only way to stand up to Trump’s economic threats is as part of a powerful trading bloc: the European Union. For the moment, that must mean close EU-UK working on a united rebuke to Trump. And very soon we need to rejoin the EU, to once again have the economic firepower to end our dependency on the US. We need respect for international law. We need alliances. And if the US is intent on tearing up both, then we urgently need to be part of something bigger than ourselves, just to be able to stand up to the bully in the White House. The so-called ‘special relationship’ is over for good. Rejoining the EU is the future. In this tenth anniversary year of the Brexit referendum, help strengthen us to get the Rejoin message out far and wide: Join Stay European Copyright © 2026 Stay European, All rights reserved. |