Idan, kamar yadda ake tsammani, Andy Burnham ya zama firayim ministan Birtaniya a karshen wannan wata, daya daga cikin kiran wayarsa na farko zai kasance tare da Donald Trump. Mahaifiyar Trump 'yar Scotland ce, kuma yana da sha'awar Birtaniya mai ratsa zuciya. Amma gudanar da dangantaka da shugaban Amurka wanda ba a iya tsinkaya, mai son cin moriyar kai, kuma mai bukata, ya kasance filin nakiyoyi na diflomasiyya ga magabatan Burnham.
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Lokacin da Trump ya koma mulki a watan Janairun 2025, firayim minista na yanzu, Keir Starmer, ya yi iyakacin kokarinsa don karfafa dangantaka ta musamman. Ya gayyaci shugaban zuwa ziyarar kasa ta biyu "wadda ba a taba yin irinta ba" a Birtaniya yayin wani taron hoto na farin ciki a Ofishin Oval. Amma kawancensu na farko ya yi saurin yin tsami saboda barazanar Trump ga Greenland, sukar da ya yi wa sojojin Birtaniya a Afghanistan, da kuma imaninsa cewa Birtaniya ba ta goyi bayan yakinsa a Iran ba. "Wannan ba Winston Churchill ne muke mu'amala da shi ba" ya zama zagin da Trump yake yi. Yanzu, tare da Starmer ya sanar da murabus dinsa, Trump zai hadu da firayim ministan Birtaniya na hudu a cikin shekaru biyar da rabi a Fadar White House.
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Keir Starmer ya dauko takardun cinikin Amurka da Birtaniya da Donald Trump ya jefa kafin wani taron manema labarai a taron G7 na watan Yuni 2025 a Alberta, Kanada. Hoton: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Kamar yawancin Amurkawa, shugaban Amurka da alama bai taba jin labarin Burnham ba, wanda har kwanan nan shi ne magajin garin Greater Manchester, yanki mai mutane miliyan 3 a arewa maso yammacin Ingila, inda ake kiransa da "sarkin arewa." Da aka tambaye shi kwanan nan abin da ya sani game da firayim minista mai zuwa, Trump ya amsa: "Ban sani ba, ina tsammanin na ga cewa shi ne, ina tsammani, magajin garin wani gari. Ina jin yana da matukar sassaucin ra'ayi, matuka, don haka yana nufin tabbas ba zai bude Tekun Arewa ba."
Burnham ya rike manyan mukamai—yana jagorantar manyan ma'aikatun gwamnati guda biyu a karkashin gwamnatin Brown a shekarun 2008 da 2009—amma duniya ta canza sosai tun daga lokacin. Burnham a baya ya yi gargadi game da yanayin "guba" na siyasar irin ta Amurka kuma ya ce Trump ya kawo "rashin kwanciyar hankali" ga duniya. Makonni biyu da suka wuce, a cikin jawabinsa na nasara bayan lashe zaben da ya sanya shi kan hanyar zuwa Downing Street, Burnham ya bukaci masu jefa kuri'a na Birtaniya da su kau da kai daga hanyar da "take kai mu ga siyasa mai rarrabuwa, mai duhu irin wadda muke gani a Amurka."
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Keir Starmer da Donald Trump sun gudanar da taron manema labarai a Chequers, gidan 'alheri da fifiko' na firayim ministan Birtaniya, yayin ziyarar kasa ta biyu ta Trump a Birtaniya a watan Satumba 2025. Hoton: Leon Neal/PA
Ta yaya zai tafiyar da wannan sabon zamani na dangantakar transatlantic mai rikitarwa da cin moriyar kai? Shin zai yi wani hari na fara'a kuma ya yi wasa da girman kai na shugaban? Ta yaya zai amsa idan—ko mafi kusantar lokacin—da Trump ya kai masa hari a kafafen sada zumunta? Shin ana iya farfado da dangantaka ta musamman, ko kuma haɗin gwiwa tsakanin shugabanni da firayim ministoci har yanzu yana da muhimmanci?
'Trump yana son a gan shi a matsayin sarauta'
A Washington, masu lura da kawancen na dogon lokaci ba sa tsammanin sabon fuska zai kawo wani canji. Sidney Blumenthal, tsohon babban mai ba da shawara ga Shugaba Bill Clinton da Hillary Clinton, ya yi gargadi: "Firayim Minista Andy Burnham za a yi masa kamar yadda ake yi wa sauran firayim ministocin Birtaniya ta hannun Donald Trump. An maye gurbin dangantaka ta musamman da dangantaka ta zagi. Bai kamata ya dauki hakan a matsayin na kansa ba. An yi wa Keir Starmer wulakanci, amma haka ma Theresa May. Trump yana da ra'ayi mara kyau game da firayim ministocin Birtaniya kuma yana matukar girmama Sarkin Ingila. Trump yana son a gan shi a matsayin sarauta, kuma ra'ayinsa game da wani makamancinsa shi ne sarki, ba firayim minista ba."
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Donald Trump da Sarki Charles III a wani liyafar cin abinci na kasa a Windsor Castle yayin ziyarar kasa ta biyu ta Trump. Hoton: WPA/Getty Images
Burnham ba shi da wani suna da aka sani a Amurka—amma masana dabarun siyasa da manufofin harkokin waje sun yarda cewa wannan sabon farawa na iya zama fa'ida. Frank Luntz, mai ba da shawara kuma mai binciken ra'ayin jama'a wanda ke yawan zama a Birtaniya, ya ce: "Wataƙila za su yi tunanin shi tauraron wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne. Babu wani a Amurka da zai san ko wanene shi. Amma wannan dama ce don farawa sabo."
Larry Jacobs, farfesa a fannin kimiyyar siyasa a Jami'ar Minnesota, ya kara da cewa: "Burnham ba a san shi ba a matsayin babban ɗan siyasan Birtaniya kamar yadda muka gani shekaru da yawa. Daga talaka a titi zuwa yawancin mutane a Majalisa, shi ba kowa ba ne."
"Shi ɗan siyasa ne na yanki. Ya ja hankalin 'yan siyasa waɗanda, a gaskiya, suna matukar son ci gaba daga Starmer. Don haka wannan ba wanda ya gina suna a duniya ba ne ko ya yi manyan maganganu kan manufofin cikin gida da za su ketare Tekun Atlantika."
Duba hoto cikin cikakken allo: Andy Burnham mai nasara a zaben fidda gwani na watan Yuni a Makerfield, Greater Manchester, tare da biyu daga cikin 'yan takarar barkwanci da suka tsaya takara. Nasarar ta ba Burnham damar shelanta takararsa ta firayim minista. Hoton: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images
A matsayinsa na magajin garin Greater Manchester tun 2017, Burnham ya rasa aiki idan ya zo ga tafiyar da duniyar diflomasiyya ta kasa da kasa mai rikitarwa. A cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, manyan abokan hamayyarsa sun kasance ma'aikatan gwamnati na London masu taurin kai da kuma wasu shugabannin majalisun gari masu kunkuntar ra'ayi a yankinsa na arewa maso yammacin Ingila.
Nina Sawetz, mai ba da shawara kan sadarwa wacce ta yi aiki tare da tawagar magajin garin Burnham, ta ce firayim minista mai zuwa zai mayar da hankali kan "sakamako da bukatun Birtaniya, maimakon yin gasa a kan mutane."
"Tsammanina shi ne cewa da farko Trump zai ga kin shiga rigima ta jama'a na Burnham a matsayin alamar cewa shi ne ke da rinjaye. Ina tsammanin wannan kuskure ne," ta kara da cewa.
"Babbar dama ga shugaban tana cikin halin Burnham na nuna takaicinsa a fili fiye da yawancin shugabannin siyasa. Wannan budewa za ta nuna inda matsalolin ke, kuma ina tsammanin Trump zai gwada su akai-akai."
Duba hoto cikin cikakken allo: Donald Trump tare da firayim minista na lokacin Theresa May a Chequers a watan Yuni 2018. Hoton: Bloomberg/Getty Images
Yadda za a tafiyar da shahararren Trump wanda ba a iya tsinkaya, mai saurin fushi, kuma mai canza hali? Yawancin shugabannin kasashen waje sun kasance cikin matsananciyar damuwa don guje wa makomar Volodymyr Zelenskyy, shugaban Ukraine, wanda Trump ya zage shi a Ofishin Oval a bara.
Jacobs ya ce: "Mafarin mu'amala da Trump shi ne yarda cewa kana mu'amala da wani wanda ba kamar kowa ba—shugaba marar kwanciyar hankali, mai canza hali, kuma mai matukar karancin kima. Idan ka yi wani abu da ya dagula tunanin Trump game da kansa, dangantakar ta ƙare."
"Shawarata ga Burnham ita ce ya dauki Donald Trump kamar wani mazaunin gida wanda ba shi da cikakken bayani kuma yana da matukar motsin rai. Yaya za ka tafiyar da wannan mutumin?"
Burnham yana fuskantar kalubale mai tsanani tunda Trump ya nuna sha'awa sosai ga kasashen Larabawa masu arzikin mai kamar Saudi Arabia, Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa, da Qatar fiye da abokan kawance na gargajiya a wa'adinsa na biyu. Ga firayim ministan Labour, akwai manyan gibi a kan manufofi kan kowane batu daga yanayi da shige da fice zuwa Iran da NATO.
Duba hoto cikin cikakken allo: Boris Johnson tare da Donald Trump a taron 2019 a Biarritz, Faransa, wata daya bayan ya zama firayim minista. Hoton: Erin Schaff/AP
Amma akwai wani samfuri mai ban sha'awa daga wani magajin gari: Zohran Mamdani na New York. Dan gurguzu ne na dimokuradiyya, yana adawa da Trump a akida amma ya yi kyakkyawar dangantaka da shugaban, wanda da alama yana girmama shi a matsayin mai fara'a mai kwarjini—kuma mai nasara. Hakika, Trump koyaushe yana kallon diflomasiyya ta hanyar mutum maimakon manufa.
Philippe Dickinson, mataimakin darektan shirin tsaro na transatlantic a cibiyar tunani ta Atlantic Council a Washington, ya ce: "Mamdani a fili yana kan wani bangare na siyasa daban." "Asalinsa ba 'Ni ne mutumin anti-Trump' ba ne. Ya shafi manufofinsa na cikin gida a New York. Ga Andy Burnham, akwai yuwuwar wasu darussa a can."
Daga cikinsu, Dickinson ya ce, sun hada da hare-haren fara'a na Mamdani da Mark Rutte, sakataren janar na NATO. "Waɗannan 'yan siyasa ne waɗanda ke nuna kwarin gwiwa da kwanciyar hankali a cikin kansu, kuma suna iya gabatar da kansu a matsayin daidai da Trump a kan wasu batutuwa. Suna ci gaba da mayar da hankali kan waɗannan takamaiman abubuwa—ko da Mamdani yana iya samun su—kuma suna iya sanya kansu a matsayin masu warware matsaloli ga Trump."
Wani abu bayyananne da Burnham da shugaban Amurka suka hada shi ne imaninsu na cewa siyasar al'ada ba ta yi aiki ga talakawa ba tsawon shekaru. Trump na iya sha'awar sha'awar Burnham na girgiza tsarin siyasar Birtaniya mai tsufa, mai matukar tsakiya.
Sawetz, mai ba da shawara kan sadarwa, ta ce tsarin Trump ya dade yana "kafa tsarin iko da sauri, ko ta hanyar sukar jama'a, maganganu na sirri, ko ta hanyar tsokanar sabbin abokan hulda don su ba da amsa a fili."
"Burnham ba zai dauki wannan koto ba," ta ce. "Yana iya watsi da wasu barkwanci na lokaci-lokaci, amma mun san ba ya son rigimar siyasa a fili ko irin musayar dogon lokaci da muka gani tare da Sadiq Khan a London."
Dickinson, daga Atlantic Council, ya ba da shawarar cewa kashe kudi kan tsaro na iya zama nasara ta farko ga Burnham. "Ba na tsammanin zai zo Washington nan ba da jimawa ba, amma idan ya zo, zai iya zuwa da labari da ya ce, 'Wannan ita ce hanyara ta zuba jari a tsaro, kuma ga yadda zai taimaka wajen warware muku matsala: za mu ci gaba da yin karin aiki a kan tsaro.'"
Wasu sun yi imanin cewa Burnham ya kamata ya kasance a shirye don yin yarjejeniyoyi. Joel Rubin, tsohon mataimakin mataimakin sakataren harkokin waje, ya ba da shawara: "Burnham yana bukatar ya zo da ajanda na abin da yake bukata daga Amurka don ciyar da manufofinsa na cikin gida, kuma ya kasance a shirye don bayar da fa'idodi na zahiri ga Amurka da za su taimaka wa Trump da jama'ar Amurka."
A gefe guda, wasu masana sun yi gargadin cewa yin biyayya ga Trump zai zama gazawar diflomasiyya da kuma kashe kansa a siyasance a gida. Brendan Boyle, dan majalisar wakilai na Democrat daga Pennsylvania, ya lura cewa "duk wani shugaba da ya yi adawa da Trump yana amfana a gida daga yin hakan," yayin da idan Burnham ya faɗi "maganganu marasa ma'ana, masu ban kunya a fili, za a yi masa mummunar suka daga masu jefa kuri'arsa."
Richard Stengel, tsohon mataimakin sakataren harkokin waje a gwamnatin Obama, ya bukaci Burnham da ya nisanta kansa kuma ya dauki "matsayin soyayya mai tsauri." Ya yi gargadi: "Da farko, ba zan sa taye ja a kowane hali ba. Taye ja yana nuna cewa kana mika wuya.
"Wannan martanin Turai na gama-gari na durkusawa gare shi da kuma yin lallashinsa ya zama dabara mara kyau. Yana juya wa kowa, don haka ko da ya kulla 'Oh, shi abokina ne' da farko, a karshe zai juya maka. Burnham yana bukatar wani nisa."
Stengel ya kara da cewa: "Zan daina ambaton dangantaka ta musamman. Wannan kare ne da ba ya farauta kuma. Amurkawa ba su fahimta ba, kuma ban sani ba ko 'yan Birtaniya ma sun fahimta. Kuma ga wani kamar Trump, yana kama da kana ... Wasu manazarta sun yi nuni ga Mark Carney, firayim ministan Kanada, a matsayin mafi kyawun samfuri. A farkon wannan shekara, Carney ya yi jawabi a Davos ba tare da ambaton Trump kai tsaye ba, amma ya ce "tsarin kasa da kasa na tushen dokoki" da Amurka ke jagoranta yana fuskantar karyewa na dindindin.
Steve Schmidt, masanin dabarun siyasa kuma tsohon mai ba da shawara ga Sanata John McCain, ya ce: "Mutane da yawa da ke kallon yanayin duniya za su ce Mark Carney shine shugaba mafi muhimmanci da kuma mafi tsanani a duniyar masu magana da Ingilishi. Shi ne wanda ya fahimci Trump da gaske kuma ya zana layi da sauran shugabannin duniya suka bi."
Bill Clinton da Tony Blair a wani bikin sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar NATO a Paris a watan Mayu 1997, jim kadan bayan nasarar zaben Blair. Hoton: Charles Platiau/Reuters
Blumenthal, wanda ya gabatar da Clinton ga Blair kafin Blair ya zama firayim minista, yana da karin shawara bisa zaben tsakiyar wa'adi na Nuwamba. "Ba kamar Starmer ba, Burnham zai yi yuwuwar samun akalla abokin aiki na Democrat daya a Majalisa, ko dai a Majalisar Wakilai da/ko Majalisar Dattawa, da zai yi aiki da su.
"Burnham da kansa yana wakiltar Majalisa, kuma ya kamata ya yi hulda da su sosai. Idan Democrats suka karbe iko da kowace majalisa, su abokansa ne kuma za su iya taimaka masa ta hanyoyi marasa adadi. Gwamnatinsa ta kamata ta kulla dangantaka mai karfi da sabuwar Majalisar Democrat don amfanin Birtaniya. Wannan bai wanzu ga Starmer ba."
Kalmar "dangantaka ta musamman" ta fito ne daga Winston Churchill yayin wani balaguron lacca a Amurka bayan yakin duniya na biyu. Churchill da Franklin Roosevelt sun kasance abokan kawance a kan Hitler, suna kafa ma'auni ga kawancen gaba kamar Harold Macmillan da John F. Kennedy, Margaret Thatcher da Ronald Reagan, Blair da Clinton, da Blair da George W. Bush.
Shugaba Barack Obama tare da Yarima Charles na lokacin da Gordon Brown, firayim ministan Birtaniya na lokacin, a wani taron tunawa a makabartar Amurka ta Normandy a ranar cika shekaru 65 na saukar sojojin D-day a 2009. Hoton: Peter Macdiarmid/PA
Gordon Brown ya sami kwarewa mara dadi tare da Barack Obama, wanda da alama ya fi kwanciyar hankali da Angela Merkel ta Jamus. Brown ya yi kokari sau biyar don ganawa da Obama a gefen taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na 2009 amma kawai ya samu "tattaunawa da aka sace" a wani kicin a New York.
Theresa May ita ce shugabar kasa ta farko da ta gana da Trump a Fadar White House bayan rantsar da shi na 2017; ya shahara da kama hannunta ya jagorance ta zuwa wani gangare. Amma sun kasance gaba daya a halaye. Trump ya wulakanta ta sau da yawa kuma, yayin ziyarar 2021 a Birtaniya, ya soki yadda May ke tafiyar da Brexit yayin da ya ba da shawarar cewa abokin hamayyarta Boris Johnson zai yi "babban firayim minista."
Shugaban ya sami abokin rai da kuma dacewa a lokacin da Johnson ya karbi ragamar mulki a No. 10, yana mai cewa: "Suna kiransa da Trump na Birtaniya."
Yayin da dangantakar Starmer da Trump ta fara da kyau—tare da firayim ministan ya shahara da sa hannu a aljihunsa ya fitar da wata wasika daga Sarki Charles—ta ƙare da mummunar hanya. Tambayar yanzu ita ce ko "magajin garin" daga Manchester zai iya gyara wannan kawancen da ya karye.
Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawaita
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawaita game da shawarar kar a ambaci dangantaka ta musamman ga Firayim Minista na gaba na Birtaniya da ke mu'amala da Donald Trump
Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko
Q Menene ma'anar "kar a ambaci dangantaka ta musamman" a zahiri
A Shawara ce ga Firayim Ministan Birtaniya da ya daina dogaro da ra'ayin tarihi cewa Amurka da Birtaniya suna da dangantaka ta musamman ta kud da kud Maimakon magana game da tarihi ko abota, Firayim Minista ya kamata ya mai da hankali kan yarjejeniyoyin cin moriyar kai da bukatun kasa
Q Me yasa Firayim Ministan Birtaniya bai kamata ya ambaci dangantaka ta musamman ga Donald Trump ba
A Trump shugaba ne mai son cin moriyar kai Ba ya kula da tarihi ko jin daɗi Yana girmama ƙarfi, yarjejeniyoyi, da abin da za ka iya yi masa a yanzu Tunatar da shi game da wata dangantaka ta musamman na iya zama kamar rauni ko cancanta, yana sa shi ƙasa da yuwuwar ba da tagomashi
Q To me ya kamata Firayim Minista ya yi magana akai maimakon haka
A Firayim Minista ya kamata ya yi magana game da lambobi masu tsauri, gibin ciniki, kaso na kashe kudi a tsaro, da takamaiman iyawar Birtaniya da ke amfanar Amurka kai tsaye
Q Shin dangantaka ta musamman abu ne na gaske ko kuma tatsuniya ce kawai
A Tana da gaske ta fuskar zurfin raba bayanan sirri da alaƙar al'adu Amma a matsayin kayan aikin siyasa, sau da yawa ana wuce gona da iri Ga Trump, tatsuniya ce idan ba ta samar da fa'ida bayyananna kai tsaye ga Amurka ba
Tambayoyi na Dabaru na Matsayi
Q Menene babban haɗari idan Firayim Minista ya ambaci dangantaka ta musamman
A Babban haɗari shi ne samun tsawatarwa a fili ko amsa mara kyau Trump na iya cewa "Ba ta da musamman sosai idan ba ka biya bashin NATO ba" ko "Me ka yi mini kwanan nan" Wannan zai wulakanta Birtaniya kuma ya raunana matsayin Firayim Minista, duka a gida da kuma a duniya
Q Yaya wannan shawara ta shafi tattaunawar ciniki da Trump
