The Pentagon wants the UK military to focus more on Europe and less on Asia, in a major policy shift from the Biden administration, which pushed European allies to boost activity in the Indo-Pacific to send a strong signal to China.
Elbridge Colby, US under-secretary of defence for policy, has told British officials that the Trump administration believes the UK military should increase its focus on the Euro-Atlantic region, according to five people familiar with the matter.
Colby, the third-most senior official at the Pentagon, has also expressed concern about London sending its HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier on a deployment that will include time in the Indo-Pacific.
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