In a move that would have made Lord Palmerston blush, the former American president has signalled a desire for warmer relations with Colombia. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom, ever the pragmatic trader, continues its quiet but profitable partnership with Bogotá. One must ask: is this a strategic recalibration or merely another episode in the long-running farce of American exceptionalism?
The Victorians understood that empire required subtlety, not bombast. Today's headlines suggest we have forgotten that lesson entirely.
