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Trump mocks Starmer as weak as UK leads push to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump (Leon Neal/PA) - (PA Archive)

Donald Trump has mocked Sir Keir Starmer as weak and had a fresh dig at the UK’s navy as Britain led diplomatic efforts to try and reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz shipping lane, closed by the Iran war.

The US president impersonated the Prime Minister as he recounted Sir Keir saying he had to ask his team about sending “two old broken-down aircraft carriers” to the Middle East.

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