Trump insists Starmer ‘has to learn to deal like the King’ in new attack on Prime Minister

WorldPolitics
1 May 2026 • 1:47 AM MYT
The Independent
The Independent

The world’s most free-thinking newspaper

Trump insists Starmer ‘has to learn to deal like the King’ in new attack on Prime Minister

  • Donald Trump has told Sky News he does not know whether the state visit by King Charles will help to improve his relationship with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
  • "I can't give you an answer to that," he said. "I can tell you one thing, our relationship is very good, but you know, that's another individual. We'll find out."
  • “But I like Keir Starmer very much, but I think he's made a tragic mistake on immigration and a tragic mistake on energy."
  • The president spoke to Sky News after he bid farewell to the King and Queen at the White House, where he called His Majesty “a fantastic guy”.
  • The US President recently claimed that King Charles “would have probably helped” the United States in the Iran conflict in a fresh dig at Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Nato.

IN FULL