Another morning, another overnight broadside directed at the UK prime minister by the US president from his social media account. In a withering take-down of the disclosure that the Royal Navy was preparing one of the country’s two aircraft carriers for possible deployment to the Middle East, Donald Trump referred to the UK as “our once great ally” and said, in effect, thanks, but no thanks.
Addressing Sir Keir Starmer by name, he said the US didn’t need its aircraft carriers any more. “But we will remember. We don’t need people that join wars after we’ve already won!”
