Donald Trump last night told Sir Keir Starmer he does not need the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers in a new blow to the so-called Special Relationship.
In an explosive broadside, the president warned the US will ‘remember’ the lack of support from ‘our once great ally’ and suggested the Prime Minister was attempting to join a war after it had already been won.
He posted on his Truth Social platform: ‘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.
‘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!’
The UK government has not joined the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, which began last weekend, with the PM emphasising last Sunday that Britain ‘will not join offensive action now’.
But it has accepted a request from the States to use its military bases for the ‘specific and limited defensive purpose’ of destroying Iran’s missiles ‘at source’.
It comes after it was revealed on Saturday the Royal Navy is preparing one of its two aircraft carriers for potential deployment to the Middle East.
The readiness of HMS Prince of Wales is being increased – with its crew warned they should be prepared to sail in five days.
