Barack Obama to become Ambassador to the UK?

[Robert]

Epic trolling of Johnson by President-Elect Biden if true.

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The American politician that Boris Johnson personally insulted could become Joe Biden's UK ambassador in what would be an awkward move for the prime minister.

Back in 2012 Johnson was accused of racism after saying that Barack Obama's "part-Kenyan" heritage had driven him towards anti-British sentiment.

In an article for The Sun during the campaigning, Johnson hit out at the former president for removing a bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office.

He wrote: “Some said it was a snub to Britain. Some said it was a symbol of the part-Kenyan president’s ancestral dislike of the British empire – of which Churchill had been such a fervent defender".

But Johnson had his facts wrong, with the bust on ever on loan for the duration of George W Bush's presidency.

One told the Sunday Times at the weekend: “Biden’s got a long memory and Boris is not in his good books. Biden and Obama are like family. Many of the people around Biden have been talking about Boris Johnson. The Kenyan remark has never gone away. They see Boris and [Dominic] Cummings like Trump and Bannon.”

The comments were made as Tommy Vietor, a former Obama press aide, responded to Johnson’s tweet congratulating Biden by branding him a “shapeshifting creep".

He said: “We will never forget your racist comments about Obama and slavish devotion to Trump.”

The view was echoed by Senator Chris *****, tipped to become Biden's secretary of state, who said the remarks "certainly wasn't well-received on my part".

Now Obama could get his revenge by becoming the next UK ambassador to the US.

A Conservative politician "with a friend in Biden's circles" told the same newspaper: “I have heard there is a possibility that Obama could be asked as a thank you.”

A Biden source refused to be drawn on the claim, commenting: "We are still working on the cabinet".

Leave.EU, a pro-Brexit group, fumed: "Really? The guy who said we'd be 'back of the queue'? The anti-British sentiment of Biden & co knows no bounds. The humiliation begins..."

Jonathan Lis from thinktank British Influence, however, had doubts. He wrote: "Biden appointing Obama ambassador to the UK would be epic trolling, but that’s a big man for a small post."

Jason Hunter, a trade expert, commented: "Rumours that Obama is being touted as US Ambassador to the UK... that would be cool to have him over here but frankly I'd far rather see Hillary Clinton appointed as attorney general running the Trump prosecutions."

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/br...OGOn3W59WReYzpgUnuQjhitVNuZzTxRkNSWhFycPI77VU

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Epic trolling by the new European more like it.

 

[Robert]

Epic trolling by the new European more like it.

Still pretty funny!

 

[angrypathan]

Surely not, even if it would be funny. Would cost a lot to accomodate Obama and his Secret Service entourage for a few years.

 

[Technics 1210]

I don't think an ex-president can work as a government official again?

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Quite funny as the Murdoch owned media sites are trying to pimp the 'Special Relationship' angle with the US and UK, but not sure Biden is one who thinks it is sacrosanct.

 

[Robert]

Quite funny as the Murdoch owned media sites are trying to pimp the 'Special Relationship' angle with the US and UK, but not sure Biden is one who thinks it is sacrosanct.

I think he still values it, but not at the price of sectarian violence returning to NI after a generation of peace.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

I think he still values it, but not at the price of sectarian violence returning to NI after a generation of peace.

I think he values it on it's merits, doesn't mean he'll agree with everything Britain says and does, and I would expect Britain's PM to do the same vis a vis America. We can support them where it's merited, but we shouldn't be an automatic rubber stamp for some of their more questionable policy decisions.

 

[Thomaskutty]

Obama should be made Secretary of State, the ambassador position is a downgrade for a man of his pedigree.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Obama should be made Secretary of State, the ambassador position is a downgrade for a man of his pedigree.

Obama is any official position will look stronger than Biden. I don't think any of them are interested in that.

 

[Thomaskutty]

Obama is any official position will look stronger than Biden. I don't think any of them are interested in that.

Biden doesn't have an ego, they will work as a team. In 2008, Obama selected Hillary and Biden in his cabinet .. so I am sure they are all aware and respectful of the power dynamics/hierarchy involved.

 

[Robert]

I think he values it on it's merits, doesn't mean he'll agree with everything Britain says and does, and I would expect Britain's PM to do the same vis a vis America. We can support them where it's merited, but we shouldn't be an automatic rubber stamp for some of their more questionable policy decisions.

Yeah. The specal relationship means that we are like a harbour tug to USA's aircraft carrier - we can't stop them going where they want, but we can give a little nudge.

 

[Technics 1210]

There is no special relationship. Biden only cares about Ireland, and the IRA terrorists protected from prosecution.

The current special relationship doesn't allow UK to launch until USA approve (Amreekan warhead).

The UK, is the 51st State of Amreeka.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Obama would be better playing a part in Eastenders. Great actor, nothing more.

 

[Giannis]

If I were once President I would never accept a position lower than that.

 

[MenInG]

Former President Barack Obama has said senior US Republicans are undermining democracy by going along with President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.

In an interview with CBS News, due to air on Sunday, Mr Obama said President-elect Joe Biden had "clearly won" this year's race for the White House.

The result was projected by US media on Saturday but some counting continues.

Claiming ballot tampering, Mr Trump has launched a flurry of legal challenges.

The president's team has yet to provide any evidence to support their claims.

Mr Obama - Mr Trump's Democratic predecessor - said the allegations were motivated by the fact that "the president doesn't like to lose".

"I'm more troubled by the fact that other Republican officials, who clearly know better, are going along with this," he added. "It's one more step in delegitimising not just the incoming Biden administration, but democracy generally, and that's a dangerous path."

Mr Obama was speaking ahead of the release of his new memoir, A Promised Land, which charts his rise to the US Senate and first term as president. Due for release on 17 November, it is the first of two books covering his time in the White House.

In his memoir Mr Obama said President Trump ascended to power by stoking fears about a Black man leading the country, according to excerpts quoted by CNN.

"It was as if my very presence in the White House had triggered a deep-seated panic, a sense that the natural order had been disrupted," he reportedly wrote.

"For millions of Americans spooked by a Black man in the White House, [Trump] promised an elixir for their racial anxiety."

What's the latest in the transition?
On Thursday, the two top congressional Democrats - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer - called on Republicans to "accept reality" with Joe Biden's victory.

How will this endless US election end?
A small but growing number of Republicans on Capitol Hill have congratulated Mr Biden or backed calls for him to be given daily intelligence briefings - a usual practice for incoming presidents.

But most in the party are standing by President Trump in refusing to acknowledge Mr Biden's victory.

The president-elect is 5.2 million votes ahead of Mr Trump - about 3.4% - and is projected to have enough electoral votes needed in the state-by-state Electoral College to take the presidency.

There are reports Mr Trump has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to undermine the conservative network Fox News, whose once full-throated support he now feels lacking.

Meanwhile, a group of senior US officials responsible for the integrity of the election has called last week's race "the most secure in American history," saying they had found no indication it was compromised.

"We can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too," the group said in a statement.

What has Biden been up to?
He has picked veteran political operative Ron Klain to be White House chief of staff. Mr Klain has served as a top aide to Mr Biden since the 1980s in the Senate and later when he was vice-president.

The White House chief of staff manages the president's daily schedule and is often described as his gatekeeper.

Mr Biden has also continued to call world leaders and other important figures as he presses ahead with preparations to assume the presidency.

On Thursday he spoke with Pope Francis, who offered Mr Biden his "blessings and congratulations". Mr Biden will be only the second Roman Catholic president of the US.

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54926299

 

[Robert]

There is no special relationship. Biden only cares about Ireland, and the IRA terrorists protected from prosecution.

The current special relationship doesn't allow UK to launch until USA approve (Amreekan warhead).

The UK, is the 51st State of Amreeka.

That isn't correct, and more than the RAF Typhoons can't launch US-built ASRAAMs. There are launch protocols for USN boomers, but they don't apply to RN Vanguard-class. The missiles are maintained in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but the Pentagon has no control over British ships otherwise, despite what you may have seen in By Dawn's Early Light or Crimson Tide about opening safes and confirmation codes and so on.

Control over launching Trident-II is held by the RN submarine CASD skipper. Of course he listens to comms from NATO command and control, and every so often will stick up a mast or trail out a long-wave receiver cable to make sure that London is still there. If it isn't then he opens the Letter of Last Resort written by the PM. This assumes that the UK has been devastated. It might say return fire or take some other action such as perhaps sailing to the US in hope of safe harbour. The skipper will then decide whether to obey the letter from the PM.

 

[Shariq7]

Biden doesn't have an ego, they will work as a team. In 2008, Obama selected Hillary and Biden in his cabinet .. so I am sure they are all aware and respectful of the power dynamics/hierarchy involved.

I don't know if the Republican-majority Senate will be willing to confirm Obama as the Sec. of State. However, ambassadors are not required to be confirmed by the Senate. Let's see what happens in the Georgia runoffs.