[adventured]

> Except the ex-colonies want nothing to do with the UK.

That's a wild exaggeration. The UK is a tremendous export market for the US, we want everything to do with them, there is a lot in it for us ($700 billion per decade in purchased goods). Plus we have a rough split on trade, one of the few major nations we don't have a large trade deficit with.

The British import more US goods than the Germans do, and nearly as much as the Japanese do, with a far smaller economy.

[jkaplowitz]

In the context of this subthread about CANZUK, we're talking about Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, not the US. That said, sure, those countries have plenty of ties to the UK as well.