'This isn't Churchill we're dealing with!' Donald Trump lashes out at Keir Starmer over Iran war as he cuts trade with Spain

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Mar 3, 2026 - 17:39

'This isn't Churchill we're dealing with!' Donald Trump lashes out at Keir Starmer over Iran war as he cuts trade with Spain

Donald Trump has lashed out at Sir Keir Starmer over the Prime Minister's response after the US launched strikes on Iran over the weekend.

During a press conference at the White House this afternoon, the US President singled out responses from Britain - as well as Spain - and expressed his unhappiness with the way they reacted to American's missile blitz on Tehran.

The US President said Sir Keir "was no Winston Churchill" in a scathing assessment of Sir Keir's capabilities.

Speaking about Labour's Chagos "surrender" deal, he said: "The island 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, it would have been much more convenient landing there as opposed to flying many extra hours.

"So we are very surprised. This is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with," he hit out.

Mr Trump has made no secret of his admiration for the war hero - with the President decorating the Oval Office with a bust of Sir Winston, just as he did during his first presidency.

Now, the President has ramped up his spat with Sir Keir over support from Britain, preivously calling the PM of being "unhelpful" in the first round of strikes on Tehran.

Yesterday, he expressed his "deep disappointment" with Sir Keir after the Prime Minister initially blocked American forces from launching strikes against Iran from the Diego Garcia military base.

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