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Daniel Hannan warns US shift on Falklands risks Atlantic alliance
US could abandon Falklands support, threatening Atlantic alliance stability.
In brief
US could abandon Falklands support, threatening Atlantic alliance stability. Brexit campaigner Daniel Hannan warns a US shift on the Falklands would wreck the Atlantic alliance. Originally reported by MercoPress.
Daniel Hannan warns US shift on Falklands risks Atlantic alliance
Brexit campaigner Daniel Hannan warns a US shift on the Falklands would wreck the Atlantic alliance.
“sorry britain the falkland islanders are just 190-year-old squatters”
US neutrality on Falklands claim
US administrations have stayed neutral on competing claims while recognizing britain's de facto administration.
Trump's Falklands remarks
Trump said on August 31 that washington could reconsider its position on the islands' sovereignty.
Hannan's historical argument
Hannan says britain never accepted spanish claim from which argentina derives.
1829 Argentine garrison
Argentina sent a military garrison and appointed a governor in 1829, both seen as aggression by us and britain.
1831 US warship action
US warship USS Lexington dismantled the colony in 1831, and HMS Clio removed the garrison in 1833.
In short
Brexit campaigner Daniel Hannan warns a US shift on the Falklands would wreck the Atlantic alliance.
