I think it was very smart of Biden to call Boris Johnson so early today. Anxieties in Brexit circles about Biden have been unreasonably high. This is an easy way of signalling a commitment to work together, will be valued by No 10, & deprives Farage et al of a talking point.
As No 10 knows, it in no way signals a softening of Biden's position on the Good Friday Agreement. But that won't be an issue if the UK reaches a deal w/ the EU, which I expect it will. With that out of the way, there's lots of opportunity for cooperation on COP26, covid, G7 etc
The other point that has been lost is that US-UK relations have been pretty awful for the past 4 years. Trump rhetorically supported Brexit but he interfered in ongoing terrorist investigations, leveled wild accusations against UK intelligence, humiliated the UK ambassador...
...publicly opposed PM May's Brexit policy, and his Sec of State accused Johnson's govt of "siding with the Ayatollahs". It has been an abusive relationship, not a special one. So the alliance needs to be repaired and I expect Biden to do so.
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