Keir Starmer has never had a bad word to say in public about Donald Trump. That is not being reciprocated now as the American president lambasts the British prime minister over his reluctance to join the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. And now we have very strong relationships with other countries in Europe,” Trump told British tabloid The Sun in an interview published Tuesday. Starmer initially blocked American planes from using British bases for the attacks on Iran that started on Saturday. But politicians to the right of Starmer’s Labour Party slammed the prime minister for not joining the offensive.

Source: The Times March 03, 2026 15:40 UTC