Donald Trump fired a bitter parting shot at Keir Starmer today – clearly still wounded by their feud over Iran.
Trump and Starmer’s previously cordial relationship deteriorated after the UK refused to let America launch offensive strikes on Iran from bases on British soil. A personally affronted Trump repeatedly complained about Starmer’s snub, saying the PM was “no Winston Churchill”. Today, as speculation mounts over Starmer’s position as PM, Trump posted on Truth Social: ” Keir Starmer will resign as Prime Minister of The United Kingdom.”
He then launched into a grumpy tirade about Starmer’s failures, from his perspective. He wrote: “He failed badly on two very important subjects- IMMIGRATION AND ENERGY (OPEN NORTH SEA OIL!). I wish him well!”
Trump has frequently moaned about the UK’s decision to halt licences to drill in the North Sea for a number of reasons. Restarting drilling would almost certainly benefit American companies bidding for licences. But another major factor is his decades-long vendetta against wind farms, which stems from the Scottish government erecting turbines off the coast of Aberdeen next to his luxury golf course. There is no indication that Keir Starmer’s opposition to granting North Sea Oil drilling licences has done him any harm in the polls.
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Downing Street declined to comment.
In a separate post, Trump warned that Iran needs to stop Hezbollah from “causing trouble.” “If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!” Trump wrote from Camp David, where he is spending the weekend. Meanwhile Vice President JD Vance is in Switzerland to oversee talks towards converting the Memorandum of Understanding signed with Iran last week into a lasting peace deal. He said the middle east is at a turning point.
“The question before us now is how much more can we accomplish together? Can we turn over a new leaf?” Vance said in brief comments ahead of the talks, dubbed the “Lake Lucerne Summit.”
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“Can we change relations in the Middle East permanently, or do we go back to doing things the old way, which is not our preference, but is certainly very much something that can happen,” Vance added. It was not clear if the Iranians were present during Vance’s remarks.