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> attempting to export the identity politics of the current administration via tarde deals with the UK

Not only can I not understand how you could imagine this to be the motive; I can't imagine how you even understand the term "identity politics" such that they could even in principle be "exported" in such a manner.

Are you suggesting, for example, that tariffs are somehow being differentially applied to different products from the same country, according to the ethnicity, gender, etc. of the manufacturers?



> Not only can I not understand how you could imagine this to be the motive

That's a fair question, and I suppose you may not consume British media and may be missing the necessary context.

> I can't imagine how you even understand the term "identity politics" such that they could even in principle be "exported" in such a manner.

I got you: the Trump admin wants to export its ideology on gender-identity by coercing the UK into changing its LGBTQ policies as a prerequisite to a trade deal with the US. The European right is not as crotchety about non-heteronomative relationship as the American right, and the Trump admin would like to change that. You may start here https://www.advocate.com/politics/us-uk-trade-deal-lgbtq https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/18/trump-uk-trade-lgbtq-...


>The European right is not as ...crotchety about non-heteronomative relationship as the American right

This very much does not agree with my own observations over the years, but I suspect there is no productive discussion to be had here.




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