That's a fair question, and I suppose you may not consume British media and may be missing the necessary context.
> I can't imagine how you even understand the term "identity politics" such that they could even in principle be "exported" in such a manner.
I got you: the Trump admin wants to export its ideology on gender-identity by coercing the UK into changing its LGBTQ policies as a prerequisite to a trade deal with the US. The European right is not as crotchety about non-heteronomative relationship as the American right, and the Trump admin would like to change that. You may start here https://www.advocate.com/politics/us-uk-trade-deal-lgbtq https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/18/trump-uk-trade-lgbtq-...
This very much does not agree with my own observations over the years, but I suspect there is no productive discussion to be had here.
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That's a fair question, and I suppose you may not consume British media and may be missing the necessary context.
> I can't imagine how you even understand the term "identity politics" such that they could even in principle be "exported" in such a manner.
I got you: the Trump admin wants to export its ideology on gender-identity by coercing the UK into changing its LGBTQ policies as a prerequisite to a trade deal with the US. The European right is not as crotchety about non-heteronomative relationship as the American right, and the Trump admin would like to change that. You may start here https://www.advocate.com/politics/us-uk-trade-deal-lgbtq https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/18/trump-uk-trade-lgbtq-...