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Trump rebukes Starmer again for not letting US attack Iran from UK bases
US president criticises prime minister for third time 24 hours, describing him as ‘not Churchill’ over initial refusal >Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has launched a deeply personal attack on Keir. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.
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Chris Mason: Starmer at odds with Trump in biggest disagreement yet
For the best part of 48 hours, first the defence secretary and then the foreign secretary were struggling to cogently articulate in public what the government made of the US and Israel's attacks on Iran and why. But in the Commons the prime minister directly and explicitly set out his view, when he told MPs the.
Trump rebukes Starmer again for not letting US attack Iran from UK bases
<p>US president criticises prime minister for third time 24 hours, describing him as ‘not Churchill’ over initial refusal</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/03/us-israel-war-iran-live-updates-attacks-strikes-trump-netanyahu-lebanon-middle-east-latest-news">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Donald Trump has launched a deeply personal attack on Keir Starmer over his refusal to let the US launch initial strikes on Iran from British bases, telling reporters: “This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with.”</p><p>In his latest extraordinary salvo, the US president said he was not happy with the UK even though the prime minister eventually agreed the US could use Diego Garcia for strikes on Iranian missile facilities.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/03/trump-rebukes-starmer-again-for-not-letting-us-attack-iran-from-uk-bases">Continue reading...</a>