{"id":144382,"date":"2025-03-24T16:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/?post_type=parliament&#038;p=144382"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:24:12","slug":"senior-conservative-mp-suggests-donald-trump-is-a-manchurian-candidate","status":"publish","type":"parliament","link":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/parliament\/senior-conservative-mp-suggests-donald-trump-is-a-manchurian-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Conservative MP suggests Donald Trump is a &#8216;Manchurian Candidate&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/player.target-video.com\/player\/build\/targetvideo.min.js\"><\/script> <div id=\"TargetVideo_42833223\" style=\"width:16;height:9;\" > <\/div> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> $bp(\"TargetVideo_42833223\", {\"video\":\"2073472\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"id\":\"24436\"}); <\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior Conservative MP has suggested that Donald Trump&#8217;s diplomacy as it relates to Russia and Ukraine mirrors the plot of the novel <em>The Manchurian Candidate<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First published in 1959, <em>The Manchurian Candidate<\/em> is a thriller about the son of a prominent US political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting collaborator in a Soviet\/Chinese conspiracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Sir Julian Lewis, former chair of the defence select committee, remarked that the plot of <em>The Manchurian Candidate<\/em> &#8220;appears more like a documentary on US politics than a work of fiction.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tory MP asked of the defence secretary: &#8220;Has the government received any indication that its efforts militarily to support Ukraine would be actively opposed or blocked by the Trump administration?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Healey responded: &#8220;The prime minister has made clear that the security arrangements or guarantees in Ukraine in the context of a negotiated peace will need US support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve made the same point strongly in my discussions with [US defence] secretary Hegseth.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Politics.co.uk is the UK\u2019s leading digital-only political website. <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/subscribe\/\"><i>Subscribe to our daily newsletter<\/i><\/a><i> for all the latest news and analysis.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior Conservative MP has suggested that Donald Trump&#8217;s diplomacy as it relates to Russia and Ukraine mirrors the plot of the novel The Manchurian Candidate. 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