Mike Burnett

🇬🇧🇺🇸 Centuries of history. A future built together. The President and First Lady welcomed Their Majesties to the @WhiteHouse today, marking the formal opening of their historic State Visit. As America celebrates its 250th year, the United Kingdom and the United States look ahead together – united by shared history, values, and ambition. President Trump said: “In the centuries since we won our independence, Americans have had no closer friends than the British. We share that same root. We speak the same language. We hold the same values, and together our warriors have defended the same extraordinary civilization under twin banners of red, white and blue.” #America250 #GreaterTogether #StateVisit2026

Closer “hanging together” would be to create a state (Federal Republic of Europe} #EU UK/EEA states and a defence arm - @NATO + Austria/Cyprus/Ireland/Malta @10DowningStreet @Keir_Starmer @SecGenNATO @EmmanuelMacron @_FriedrichMerz @bundeskanzler @vonderleyen @EU_Commission

NEW YEAR MESSAGE 2026 Venezuela reminds us of a world of power blocs – America, China, Russia, India – so essential for UK to be close to our neighbourhood power bloc #EU and EU to recall Benjamin Franklin's words “If we do not hang together, we will assuredly hang separately”

NEW YEAR MESSAGE 2026 Venezuela reminds us of a world of power blocs – America, China, Russia, India – so essential for UK to be close to our neighbourhood power bloc #EU and EU to recall Benjamin Franklin's words “If we do not hang together, we will assuredly hang separately”

My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on @BBCTwo. Whole series on @BBCiPlayer from tonight.