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World · 3 April 2026

UK-US Ties Hit New Low After Trump's Starmer Mockery

UK-US Ties Hit New Low After Trump's Starmer Mockery

White House via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

UK-US relations hit a new low after Donald Trump impersonated Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a White House Easter lunch, mocking him for hesitating to send aircraft carriers to the Middle East for the Iran war. Whitehall sources confirmed the UK was never asked for the vessels by the US and had not offered them.

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