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UK relations for decades, with the US president, Donald Trump, [threatening to rip up a trade deal](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/15/trump-us-uk-trade-deal-starmer-iran) and to recognise Argentina’s claims [to the Falkland Islands
UK? President [Javier Milei](/news/2026/4/23/milei-administration-in-argentina-blocks-journalist-access-to-casa-rosada) has recently sharpened his rhetoric on Argentina’s claim to the British-controlled [Falkland Islands](/news/2024/2/20/why-does-an-archipelago-off-the-coast-of-argentina-belong-to-the-uk), at a time when his close relationship with United States President Donald Trump
Falkland Islands, known in Argentina as Las Malvinas, has been an issue, the official US position has been one of neutrality, while recognising de facto British control. Unofficially, however, they have offered diplomatic
relations as US President Donald Trump continues to [publicly criticise](/news/2026/3/23/trump-shares-snl-skit-mocking-starmer-as-he-speaks-to-uk-pm-over-iran-war) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his stance on the US-Israeli war on Iran, accusing him of not assisting Washington in the fight
relations between Europe and the United States, along with a potentially devastating defence impact, reared its Medusa-like head. Again. "No worries," Spain's determined-to-appear calm prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said to waiting