LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President ⁠Donald Trump said it was "sad to see" the relationship with Britain ⁠was "not what it was" after Prime Minister Keir Starmer initially held ‌off giving military support to the strikes against Iran. Trump said the likes of France had been more supportive and said he had never expected to see the once "most solid of all" ​relationships change in this way. "It's very sad to ⁠see that the relationship is obviously ⁠not what it was," Trump told the Sun newspaper on Tuesday, his second ⁠interview ‌to a British newspaper in as many days where he criticised the British leader. Senior British minister Darren Jones told Times Radio in response to the latest Trump comment's that the U.S.-UK relationship remained crucial but said the country had ⁠learnt lessons from its involvement in the 2003 Iraq war. Starmer said ⁠in parliament on Monday: "President Trump has expressed his disagreement with our decision not to ​get involved in the initial strikes, but ‌it is my duty to judge what is ​in Britain’s national interest.

Source: The Star March 03, 2026 09:24 UTC