Trump takes new ‘Churchill’ swipe at Starmer and says he is made a ‘large mistake’
US President, Donald Trump has said he is ‘disappointed’ in UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, adding that he is ‘no Winston Churchill’ and claims he ‘doesn’t produce’
Trump has criticised the UK and Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty Images)
Donald Trump has delved further into his relationship with Sir Keir Starmer after being quizzed about the UK’s stance over the war in Iran. Trump, who is hosting Taoiseach Micheal Martin in the Oval Office on St Patrick’s Day told reporters: “Well, he hasn’t been supportive, and I think it’s a big mistake.
“You know, they make a lot of money on trade with the United States. I went out of my way. As you know, they couldn’t make a deal with Biden, because they had no real administration to make a deal, Biden. But we made a deal. We made a good deal for them and, frankly, probably wasn’t appreciated.
“I do look forward to seeing the King. He’s going to be coming, as you know, very shortly, but, no, I was disappointed, because Keir was willing to send two aircraft carriers after we won, because essentially… there’s no threat for the aircraft carriers right now.
“And I said, no, no, we want things sent before the war, not after the war is won. So, yeah, I’m disappointed with Keir. I like him, I think he’s a nice man, but I’m disappointed.”
Trump then repeated his assertion that “unfortunately Keir is no Winston Churchill” adding that Starmer “doesn’t produce”.
When questioned about his faith in the Prime Minister, Trump responded: “It’s not for me, it’s really for the people of the UK to have confidence.
“I mean, I’ve been very critical of Keir – and I did it in a friendly way – I said, if you don’t change your energy thing and get away from windmills and go back to oil and gas.
“You have something that no other country has, very few countries have anything like it: The North Sea.
“You have some of the greatest oil and oil deposits in the entire world. The North Sea, they don’t use it.”
Mr Trump continued: “I think he’s a nice man, but I disagree with him on two things.
“Primarily his immigration policy is a disaster, and his energy policy is a disaster – and they’re about the biggest policies you can have.
“You’ve allowed millions and millions and millions of people to come into your country that shouldn’t be there. And, by the way, that’s all over Europe.”
