Politics
Donald Trump Criticizes Keir Starmer Over US Iran Conflict
Donald Trump has mocked Keir Starmer over the UK’s response to the US-Israeli bombing of Iran.
The American president said “this is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with” after Starmer initially refused to let the US use British bases to launch their attacks.
The PM eventually changed his mind after Iran began bombing countries across the Middle East, putting British lives at risk.
Trump’s Oval Office comments mark a new low in the so-called “special relationship” between America and the United Kingdom.
Referring to the UK military base at Diego Garcia, he said: “That island… It’s taken three, four days for us to work out where we can land there, it would have been much more convenient landing there as opposed to flying many extra hours, so we are very surprised.
“This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with.”