Alienating an eager ally in the Caribbean

For decades, the United Kingdom’s leaders have bear-hugged their American counterparts, and it’s been no different with President Donald Trump. Lately, the courtship has been great for the special relationship, with Trump saying, “special does not begin to do it justice.” Yet even allies as eager as the Brits are starting to worry.

London recently discontinued some intelligence sharing with the United States regarding suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean, CNN reported Tuesday. The normally chummy government fears becoming complicit in the administration’s illegal military strikes against vessels off the coast of Venezuela. It’s a notable break between the two countries in the region, where the British still control multiple territories.

The Trump administration maintains that its