U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Britain on Wednesday it needed to change its attitude towards China and telecoms company Huawei, casting the world's second largest economy as a threat to the West similar to that once posed by the Soviet Union.

THE SOVIET UNION WAS BEFORE PUTIN
(HE MADE IT TO BRITAIN AFTER SNUBBING MERKEL AND GERMANY 
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo abruptly called off a visit to Berlin, citing "pressing issues." He then made an unannounced trip to meet with officials in Iraq.)

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No time to go 'wobbly': Pompeo scolds Britain over China and Huawei

Mike Pompeo spells it out...'

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Opinion: Britain it is not even at the back of the queue. It is a tramp waiting at America’s bins

There is something almost edifying about the Trump administration. At least they don’t bother to pretend that Britain’s role is anything other than to do as it is told