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What If Trump Discovers That Unpaid UK (and French) Debt from WWI?

4 days ago
  • #WWI debt
  • #US-UK relations
  • #economic leverage
  • The current US administration disregards 'special relationships' with allies and uses leverage for concessions.
  • Unpaid WWI debts by the UK and France, now worth trillions with interest, could be a point of contention.
  • The US might consider swapping UK and French-held US Treasuries for longer-term obligations or using debts as setoffs.
  • Such actions, though seemingly extreme, align with the administration's unconventional approach.