Toadying
Below are the first two paragraphs of an interesting Guardian piece via msn. Interesting because it is gossipy, superficial and clearly toadying to readers who would recoil at even a whiff of realpolitik. It’s the world of nasty and nice, probably aimed at folk who are mostly dim but nice. Guardian World and not without its lessons on mass media toadying to lazy readers.
The truth is finally dawning on Britain: toadying to Trump has got us nowhere
It’s not funny, of course – livelihoods if not actual lives depend on reaching a workable accord. But the news that President Trump has probably stiffed the UK into a second- or third-tier boarding group for trade talks, behind South Korea and Japan, triggers at least a snort of recognition for anyone who has experienced versions of that dynamic. The phrase “British negotiators are hopeful” followed almost immediately by use of the word “disappointed” in heavy rotation takes you, with grim amusement, back to every toxic relationship in which you have played Britain to someone else’s America.
We are talking, of course, about the wisdom or otherwise of appeasing a man many think of as a tyrant, and the main takeaway from the Guardian’s story on Tuesday is that no matter how the UK pretzels itself to fit Donald Trump’s requirements, none of it will make any difference. Or rather what difference it makes, beyond the immediate relief enjoyed before the flattery wears off, is likely to be negative. It’s a rule of extortion that demands will increase with each capitulation, as Columbia University is finding out to its cost. (After caving to Trump’s demands last month in return for the restoration of $400m in federal funding, the university has not, in fact, had its funding restored. Instead Trump officials have told Columbia its concessions only represent the “first step”.)
Source: https://akhaart.blogspot.com/2025/05/toadying.html
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