Biden 'eating his own words' as Joe’s anti-Brexiteer gang now seeing benefits
Speaking about the UK's role in supporting Ukraine, Nile Gardiner, former aide to Margaret Thatcher, said "Brexit Britain is leading on the world stage", claiming the US is noticing "tremendous British leadership". This, he said, has been possible because the UK is "no longer shackled" to the EU.
Brexit Britain takes centre stage in Ukraine conflict
Joe Biden has been seen to be a major opponent of Brexit throughout his presidency, following in the footsteps of his predecessor Barack Obama.
For example, he took a tough stance on the UK with regards to the Northern Ireland Protocol in 2020, when he warned that the US would not strike a trade deal with the UK until peace in Northern Ireland had been secured.
Mr Biden tweeted: "We can’t allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit.
"Any trade deal between the US and UK must be contingent upon respect for the Agreement and preventing the return of a hard border. Period."
But Mr Gardiner said the Biden administration "has had to eat its own words on Brexit", adding: "The fact that Great Britain is no longer shackled to the European Union means that the British government is able to operate far more effectively than it would have done as part of the supranational European Union.
"The UK, more than any country in the world, has been at the forefront of supporting the Ukrainian people in the face of Russian barbarism, and Boris Johnson deserves great credit for his leadership."
He said Mr Johnson's leadership "has been significantly stronger, more robust and visible, than that of Joe Biden, who is supposed to be the leader of the free world."
Mr Gardiner said that EU countries were copying Britain after it set a "tremendous example".
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