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Politics
Nick Lester

UK ‘did not like’ Starmer refusing to be drawn into Iran war, says Trump

The president levelled his latest criticism after Sir Keir Starmer quit as Labour leader (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) - (AP)

Donald Trump has said the British public “did not like” Sir Keir Stammer’s refusal to be drawn into the war against Iran, as he again derided the outgoing Prime Minister as “not Winston Churchill”.

The president also repeated his claim that Sir Keir had “hurt himself very, very badly” over his stance on immigration and energy, while declaring him “a very nice man” and “sort of a friend of mine”.

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