🔴 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 **From Lincoln to Nixon, Trump’s not the first US president to shock the UK on trade**

“_Lincoln blockaded southern cotton, McKinley hit Britain with tariffs and Nixon abandoned the gold standard: a quick history of transatlantic economic meddling_”

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/mar/30/lincoln-nixon-trump-tariffs-trade-history-gold

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