Donald Trump stepped up his attack on Keir Starmer today with a threat to downgrade Britain’s trade deal.
The US President vented fury at the PM for refusing to back his Iran War in his latest impromptu interview.
Speaking to Sky News, Mr Trump complained that the UK were ‘not there’ when he asked for help with the strikes on Tehran – which have left the world teetering on the brink of recession.
Asked about the state of the so-called Special Relationship, he swiped that it has ‘been better’ and that was ‘sad’.
Mr Trump hinted that he could take revenge by changing the terms of the trade deal struck with Sir Keir last year.
‘We gave them a good trade deal. Better than I had to. Which can always be changed,’ he added.
The President also renewed his criticism of Labour’s immigration and Net Zero policy.
He insisted ‘your country is being invaded by people from prisons, drug dealers, people from mental institutions’.
But Mr Trump said that the tensions would ‘not at all’ affect King Charles’s State Visit to the US later this month, suggesting he knew that the monarch was not involved in political decisions.
‘I’ve known him for a long time. He’s wonderful, wonderful person,’ the US President added.
Asked for his thoughts on the Special Relationship, Mr Trump initially replied: ‘With who?’
He said that while he liked the PM he had made a ‘tragic mistake in closing the North Sea oil’, as well as ‘a tragic mistake on immigration’.
Mr Trump said he ‘loves’ the UK and ‘would love to see it succeed’, but he hit out at ‘insane’ policies.
‘Your country is being invaded… by illegal immigrants from all over the world, including those from prisons, drug dealers, people from mental institutions,’ he added.
