Trump hits out at Starmer over Iran: 'This is not Winston Churchill we're dealing with'
Last edited Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:23 PM - Edit history (2)
Source: Independent
Speaking at the White House, the US president unleashed another rant about the UK, claiming Sir Keir had been "very uncooperative" and had "ruined relationships" over Iran and the Chagos Islands.
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Appearing to refer to the Diego Garcia base in the Chagos Islands, Mr Trump added: "That island... It's taken three, four days, for us to work out where we can land there; it would have been much more convenient landing there as opposed to flying many extra hours, so we are very surprised."
"This is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with," he added.
Mr Trump went on to express his disapproval at Britain's deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying the UK has "ruined relationships" over the "stupid island".
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-keir-starmer-iran-winston-churchill-b2931235.html
Trump also called London mayor Sadiq Khan incompetent and claimed incorrectly that the UK has Sharia courts adjudicating law.
Raven123
(7,738 posts)hadEnuf
(3,584 posts)Or Stalin.
dflprincess
(29,302 posts)FDR asked Congress for declarations of war against Japan and Germany.
ananda
(34,804 posts)Starmer and his cohorts are doing just fine
by standing strong against Trump.
wnylib
(25,636 posts)MacKasey
(1,515 posts)SheltieLover
(79,501 posts)SallyHemmings
(1,959 posts)He treats our Allies like crap, and they are supposed to just give him what he wants.
travelingthrulife
(5,030 posts)PatSeg
(52,991 posts)At this rate, he's going to run out of people to insult and offend. After all there are only 8 billion people on the planet.
This is not Winston Churchill that were talking about. Like he even knows anything about Winston Churchill.
Nashchica
(3 posts)PatSeg
(52,991 posts)iemanja
(57,717 posts)Thats not my impression.
wnylib
(25,636 posts)during the war, but got rid of him as soon as the war was over. He was too conservative for them. He had also flubbed up several times in military positions that he held before the war. His main interest in WWII was preserving the empire. His domestic policies did not appeal to Brits.
Cha
(318,304 posts)with that line? He doesn't know shit about history?
Too busy with Epstein business.
travelingthrulife
(5,030 posts)dflprincess
(29,302 posts)and Churchill was prime minister again from1951-55.
wnylib
(25,636 posts)Fascism had bern defeated and we focused on Communism as the Soviet Bloc became entrenched.
Today's Brits do not like Churchill.
iemanja
(57,717 posts)Remembered historically, not when he was voted out of office.
msongs
(73,497 posts)livetohike
(24,193 posts)or Bill Clinton. You are a jagoff.
Cha
(318,304 posts)down thread.
livetohike
(24,193 posts)well with you
.
patphil
(8,944 posts)Starmer doesn't smoke cigars, or at all for that matter, while Churchill seemed to always have one in his hand.
That makes telling them apart really easy. I wonder how long it took Trump to figure that out.
This may be the first thing Trump said in the past few months that's actually true.
2naSalit
(101,874 posts)He didn't get what he wanted.
Cha
(318,304 posts)Yay!
Deuxcents
(26,433 posts)Screwing up royally. Theyre shooting from the hip and have started a serious war and alienating our allies is idiotic. Spain says no and are not wanting retaliation from Iran nor does the UK. Were in trouble deep
Wonder Why
(6,787 posts)So, unless you want another war, Krazy Krasnov, button your lip ad put your cellphone where the sun doesn't shine!
Smilo
(2,024 posts)Hitler trump is a monster of wickedness, insatiable in his lust for blood and plunder..
June 22, 1941, Churchill on Hitlers attack invasion of Russia.
hadEnuf
(3,584 posts)25th A time. Not that his asslickers in congress care.
muriel_volestrangler
(106,009 posts)Here's the link to what you've quoted:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-keir-starmer-iran-winston-churchill-b2931235.html
Title "Trump hits out at Starmer over Iran: This is not Winston Churchill were dealing with"
It would be better to correct this in the OP, since this is LBN.
highplainsdem
(61,394 posts)in just 4 paragraphs of the new version. Sigh. Thanks for the heads-up, though. I'll try to patch a new excerpt plus comments together so the earlier replies here won't lose context.
Bayard
(29,301 posts)No other country wants a part in enabling him in an illegal war, resulting in a quagmire. They don't need to lose their soldiers to trump and Bibi's egos.
mdbl
(8,505 posts)Big orange asshole.
iemanja
(57,717 posts)Intractable
(1,927 posts)Cha
(318,304 posts)Obama.
Johonny
(25,967 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,847 posts)Not by a longshot.
SheltieLover
(79,501 posts)niyad
(131,530 posts)SheltieLover
(79,501 posts)niyad
(131,530 posts)SheltieLover
(79,501 posts)SheltieLover
(79,501 posts)It just clicked. Yes!
artemisia1
(1,713 posts)requiring our ships to make an extra 3-4 day trip to Diego Garcia to restock.
Captain Zero
(8,851 posts)or, Maybe Trump should wade ashore from a destroyer in Iran, like McArthur did in the Philippines.
Kid Berwyn
(24,004 posts)Arguably approaching, if not descending past, Poppy Doc and Baby Doc Bush levels.