Donald Trump lambasts Keir Starmer once more and says UK-US relationship is ‘not what it was’ | EUROtoday

Donald Trump has lambasted his relationship with Britain beneath Sir Keir Starmer, saying he’s “very sad” to see it’s “obviously not what it was”.

The prime minister granted permission on Sunday for the US to make use of UK bases to focus on Iran’s missile launchers and shops to assist defend international locations focused by Tehran, however the US president stated he was “very disappointed” with Sir Keir over his preliminary refusal to permit the US to make use of the UK-US Diego Garcia base on the Chagos Islands as a part of the operation.

He added that it “took far too long” for the prime minister to vary his thoughts.

Hitting out on the prime minister instantly in an interview with The Sun, the US president stated: “He has not been helpful. I never thought I’d see that. I never thought I’d see that from the UK. We love the UK.”

Mr Trump went on: “It’s a different world, actually. It’s just a much different kind of relationship that we’ve had with your country before.”

He added: “It’s very sad to see that the relationship is obviously not what it was.”

But chief secretary to the prime minister Darren Jones stated the remarks don’t “negate the fact that we make decisions on the basis of legality and British interest”.

Asked whether or not he accepted the US was annoyed, the Cabinet minister informed Sky News: “Well I’ve seen the president’s words but that doesn’t really negate the fact that we make decisions, as I say, on the basis of legality and British interest.

“We were content to offer bases at Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford, because evidently, the operations the Americans will run from those airfields will reduce the risk to British citizens and British assets in the region and that’s why we agreed to the request to use those bases on that basis alone.

“But the prime minister is very clear that we were not involved in that first strike and we’re not kind of going to war with Iran or getting involved in a wider set of activities.”

Asked whether or not the UK’s evaluation was that there was not a authorized foundation for the preliminary army motion over the weekend, Mr Jones stated: “We were not involved in the first wave because it didn’t meet the test the prime minister’s set out.”

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