At the United Nations General Assembly, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham found himself navigating one of the oldest tensions in statecraft: the need to ask a rival for help while privately holding that same rival responsible for one's own troubles. Barely two months into his tenure, Burnham sought Trump's release of Patriot missile stockpiles for Ukraine even as his aides quietly attributed Britain's gathering economic storm — rising energy bills, inflation, higher interest rates — to American policy decisions beyond London's control. The encounter was less a diplomatic meeting than a mirro