DONALD Trump has slammed the UK’s “very late response” after Starmer agreed to let the US use British bases to strike Iranian sites targeting the Strait of Hormuz.
The US President said the UK “should have acted a lot faster” in allowing America to use British bases after accusing NATO allies of cowardice.
The move by Sir Keir Starmer marks an escalation in UK involvement in the conflict.
The government previously only allowed their use to prevent Iran from firing missiles that put British lives and interests at risk.
Downing Street said ministers agreed that bases could now be used for “US defensive operations” to target “capabilities being used to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz”.
Trump has considered invading Iran’s Kharg Island to pressure Tehran into reopening the key shipping route.
The US President previously blasted Starmer as “no Winston Churchill” in a souring of US-UK relations.
Earlier today, he branded his NATO allies “cowards” for failing to back his bid to re-open the blockaded Strait of Hormuz oil route to Western shipping.
Trump said on Truth Social: “Without the USA, NATO IS A PAPER TIGER!
“They didn’t want to join the fight to stop a Nuclear Powered Iran. Now that fight is Militarily WON, with very little danger for them,” Trump writes on Truth Social.
“They complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but don’t want to help open the Strait of Hormuz.
“So easy for them to do, with so little risk. COWARDS, and we will REMEMBER.”
US President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out reaching a ceasefire agreement with Iran, saying Washington has the upper hand in the three-week-old war.
“I don’t want to do a ceasefire. You know you don’t do a ceasefire when you’re literally obliterating the other side,” Trump told journalists at the White House.
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