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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Trump describes UK aircraft carriers as ‘toys’ in latest anti-Nato jibe

Trump speaks next to Pete Hegseth during a meeting at the White House in Washington DC.
Donald Trump: ‘We had the UK say – this is three weeks ago – “we’ll send our aircraft carriers”, which aren’t the best aircraft carriers, by the way.’ Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Donald Trump has dismissed British warships as “toys” in his latest jibe at Nato countries for their lack of involvement in the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Speaking at the White House on Thursday, he claimed he had told the UK: “Don’t bother, we don’t need it.”

Trump has previously alleged that he requested two aircraft carriers from the UK that Keir Starmer had initially rejected and then offered to send. No 10 has denied that a request was made or denied.

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