Latest plausible POD war between USA and Britain

[vuun]

Just as it said, what's that latest plausible POD that would result in a war between the United States and the United Kingdom?

(I put this in after 1900, but you can discuss earlier PODs if you believe that's the latest that's plausible.)

 

[Lalli]

Easiest way might be that CPs win WW1 and then United Kingdom goes fascist.

Ok, quiet cliche and probably bit implausible.

 

[BobTheBarbarian]

In the words of Eric Grove, "The Great Anglo-American War of 1928." Following the First World War there was a naval arms race between the world's three premier sea powers, Britain, America, and Japan, with each seeing the other as a potential rival for dominance on the oceans. Among military leaders and contingency planners an almost 'quasi Cold-War' mindset had taken root.

Grove credits the Washington Naval Treaty with capping the arms race, thus preventing a catastrophic economic meltdown and potential flash point for war.

 

[Carl Schwamberger]

There was a war scare in the US concerning Japan in 1907. Had that somehow gained traction & not remained simply politicians frothing and newspaper publishers histronic jingoism, then Britain as Japans putative ally & financial creditor might have been drawn in.

 

[pdf27]

In 2016 Obama gets really upset at the shenanigans of the mop-haired idiot and declares war rather than slapping him down in print

 

[Arkenfolm]

There is no last plausible POD until either Britain or the USA ceases to exist. It could still happen as of 2016, though it would take massive political changes in one or both countries which would occur in response to massive political shifts in the world.