US EditionTrump on Starmer: 'Not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with'
Trump condemned UK Prime Minister Starmer for limiting US base access during US-Israeli strikes on Iran and threatened to cut trade with Spain amid military tensions.
- Trump told reporters during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that `Spain has been terrible` and said he would cut off all trade after Spain refused US base access.
- Amid US strikes on Iran, allies said Trump told the Telegraph Starmer was 'worried about the legality' of the strikes on Iran.
- During the meeting, Trump vented frustration that US jets could not land at Diego Garcia, while on Monday a British base in Cyprus was hit by a drone likely launched by Hezbollah.
- At the White House, Trump said `This is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with`, signaling strain in the US–UK 'special relationship' over jet landing delays.
- Despite recent upbeat ties, European officials fear Trump's threats and scolding of allies may weaken the transatlantic alliance, given his past threats to Denmark and tepid Ukraine support.
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War with Iran strains US-UK relationship as Starmer and Trump disagree
US President Donald Trump has criticised British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over his reluctance to join the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, saying, "This is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with."
The President of the United States said that he was "not happy with Britain."
'Keir Starmer is not Winston Churchill - Britain must be on the same side as America,' Jacob Rees-Mogg says
The special relationship is in as much difficulty today as it has been probably since Suez. Look what Donald Trump had to say about our current leadership.He said: "I'm not happy with the UK either. That island that you read about, the lease, for whatever reason, he made a lease of the island. "Somebody came and took it away from him, and it's taken three, four days for us to work out where we can land. "There would have been much more convenien…
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