GB News host Tom Harwood has brutally shut down the claims of UK and US Political Adviser Pablo O'Hana, as he cast doubt on the significance of the UK's special relationship with the US.
Discussing US President Donald Trump's UK State Visit, Mr O'Hana claimed that the phrase is only "exclusively used" in Britain.
It follows new polling data from Ipsos, which shows just a third of Britons believe in the so-called special relationship with the US.
In the poll, only 36 per cent of voters believe there is a significant alliance between the two nations.
GB News host Tom Harwood shut down Pablo O'Hana's claims about the UK's special relationship with the US
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Discussing the polling, Mr O'Hana told GB News: "I think the UK-US relationship is important, but I can tell you how stateside, the UK-US relationship, this sort of special relationship we all go on about is exclusively talked about over here.
"It isn't part of the general conversation in the US. If I speak to people in the US about that, they really don't know what it means. They obviously know the United Kingdom and they sort of see us as an ally, but this sort of idea of a very special relationship that we I think we talk up a little bit more than they do on the other side."
Tom immediately hit back, exclaiming: "Oh, come on, Pablo! I think if you were to ask the average American who's the closest ally of the United States, some might say Israel, but I think most would say the United Kingdom.
"It's hard to think of another country that is a closer ally of the United States."
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King Charles and Queen Camilla welcomed the President of the US and his wife at Victoria House. | PAPartly agreeing with Tom's argument, Mr O'Hana responded: "I'm not disputing that, but I just think this term the special relationship is pretty much exclusively used over here in the UK.
"I will say, though, that it has been the last few months that Brits have started to feel slightly less warm towards the United States."
Recalling the incident between President Trump and Zelensky at The White House, he added: "Certainly when we saw the scenes in the White House with Zelensky over there, that really turned people off.
"We know that Brits in the UK are very firmly with Ukraine and they feel very, very strongly about that. That hasn't moved at all really since Russia's unprovoked invasion.
Mr O'Hana said the relationship between the UK and the US is 'really important'
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"So we know that Trump's less than helpful relationship with Putin and his lackluster support for Ukraine has really damaged his standing in the UK anyway. Not that it was particularly high, but that really has eroded support for him here in the UK."
As host Nana Akua pointed out at Donald Trump himself has called it the "special relationship", Mr O'Hana concluded: "I think it's important that we have a relationship with America, and I think something like this visit is really important that we actually get something out of it.
"Unfortunately, we aren't probably going to get any movement on the on the steel tariffs. But there are really, really important things that we can get out of this visit.
"And that is what the Government and Starmer should be focusing on, less about taking cues from America and really setting our own pace."