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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Trump blasts Starmer's 'big mistake' as UK and other allies sink his Strait of Hormuz fleet plan

Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of new criticism at Britain and other Nato allies after they refused to send warships for his proposed multi-national maritime force to re-open the Strait of Hormuz.

The president’s planned naval operation was effectively sunk as the UK, France, Germany, Poland, Australia, Japan and other countries declined to join it.

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