You wanna trade with the US? Well, we own you if you do.

You wanna trade with the US? Well, we own you if you do.

by digby

It's hard to believe an American Ambassador would say this but in the Trump era, it's completely normal:

US Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson tells #Marr that the whole of the economy, including the #NHS, will be “on the table” in a future US-UK trade deal after Brexit https://t.co/OakG0Gu6Ro pic.twitter.com/BlYJ9GKcuJ
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) June 2, 2019

Why the NHS would necessarily be on the table is unclear but apparently, we now feel free to dictate the domestic affairs of any country that trades with us.

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