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Edward Helmore

Trump tells Starmer help not needed even as US uses UK bases for Iran strikes

Two men, leaning close.
Donald Trump and Keir Starmer in Aylesbury, England, on 18 September 2025. Photograph: Leon Neal/AP

Donald Trump has renewed his stinging criticism of UK prime minister Keir Starmer over the lack of immediate UK support for the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.

“The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, adding: “That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer – But we will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!”

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