Posted on 03/20/2026 5:09:10 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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 a key shipping route.
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 over the deepening Strait of Hormuz crisis.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump said: “It’s been a very late response from the UK.
“I’m surprised because the relationship is so good, but this has never happened before.
“They were really, pretty much our first ally, all over the world.”
The move by Sir Keir Starmer marks an escalation in UK involvement in the conflict.
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Britain knows how this is going to end and they want to be there when it does.
Trump is 100% right. Starmer was afraid of upsetting Labour’s replacement voters.
Starmer had to have time to scurry into the space between the couch and the wall to hide and then give his permission.
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