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Obama vs. Britain's 'Isolationists'

• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Justin Raimondo

American interventionism isn't just sending in the Marines – more often it's sending in the President. The "bully pulpit" has worldwide resonance, and President Obama recently used it to urge the British to reject "isolationism" and stay in the EU. As usual with the White House – and not just this one – the little lecture was accompanied by a threat: if the Brits abjured his advice, and that of British Prime Minister David Cameron, they would be put "at the back of the queue" when it comes to signing trade deals with the US.

This is nonsense, as London mayor Boris Johnson pointed out: the European Union's routinely protectionist stance would actually made it harder rather than easier to negotiate any kind of trade deal. But Obama, undeterred by the furious reaction to his intervention in the debate, continued his assault on British "isolationism" the next day, averring that it would take a decade for the US to agree to freer trade with the British in the absence of the EU.


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