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Trump Rebukes Starmer?

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mae13 Tue 03-Mar-26 11:42:46

Well, I never!

It seems Sir Keir's efforts as regards Iran just simply aren't good enough for Mister President.

That's gratitude for you.

Fallingstar Wed 04-Mar-26 10:57:59

Ladyleftfieldlover

Do we think the King will still be visiting the USA next month? I believe the trip has already been cut to 3 days because of his cancer treatment.

I think he should say he has to cut it altogether due to his cancer treatment but will send Andrew instead, on the proviso that he doesn’t return.

Tuliptree Wed 04-Mar-26 10:56:16

AGAA4

When the fallout from this war starts to cost us maybe those who are cheering on Trump will change their minds.
It is estimated that our energy bill will rise by £500 a year due to.this conflict. There will be many other costs that will filter down to us.

I don't believe the UK was in any more danger from Iran than we already are. Apart from the war being illegal Starmer will have factored in the enormous cost to us as well.

More importantly the loss of life and injury due to this war will have been considered.

Exactly - and it’s not just energy bills is it that will be affected? Oil and gas prices affect the price of a whole host of commodities and the supply chain will also be impacted. There’s a good chance now that inflation will go up again and interest rates won’t be coming down later this month as had been hoped. And all for what? Iran will not change except to have its infrastructure badly damaged. DT snd BN do not care about Iran or anyone else in the world except themselves.

Ladyleftfieldlover Wed 04-Mar-26 10:52:29

Do we think the King will still be visiting the USA next month? I believe the trip has already been cut to 3 days because of his cancer treatment.

AGAA4 Wed 04-Mar-26 10:44:05

When the fallout from this war starts to cost us maybe those who are cheering on Trump will change their minds.
It is estimated that our energy bill will rise by £500 a year due to.this conflict. There will be many other costs that will filter down to us.

I don't believe the UK was in any more danger from Iran than we already are. Apart from the war being illegal Starmer will have factored in the enormous cost to us as well.

More importantly the loss of life and injury due to this war will have been considered.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 04-Mar-26 10:39:50

Someone in the Haig is suggesting that if Trump doesn’t think Starmer is Churchill, how about emulating Churchill who was instrumental in instigating the rule of international law, the human rights etc.

All of which Trump is trashing.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 04-Mar-26 10:33:00

Starmer follows the rule of law, unlike Trump.

At least with someone who follows the law we all know where we are.

Trump has no idea where Iran will be this time next year or indeed next month. He has no plan or frankly interest in the population.

If anyone thinks that Trump or Netanyahu are doing this for anything other than self interest they are utterly deluded.

Allira Wed 04-Mar-26 10:17:21

Meandrogrog

Ilovecheese

I'm not keen on Starmer Meandrogrog but I think bringing forward the end of the world in order to get rid of him would be a bit excessive.

Its more about how he has failed to be a strong and decisive leader, he is just not a leader.

As others have said, it takes a strong leader to say No to Trump.

If only more people had done so all his life, we might not be where we are now.

AGAA4 Wed 04-Mar-26 10:02:35

Trump has allowed himself to be dragged into this war by Netanyahu going against the wishes of his own people.
The US were in no immediate danger from Iran so this war is illegal and has caused many others to be brought into it.

eazybee Wed 04-Mar-26 10:02:19

I have just seen someone on television, a member of a Churchill society, repeat the words of Mary Soames (Churchill's daughter) : 'do not put words into my father's mouth'.

Starmer, in my opinion, isa very dangerous man.

Oreo Wed 04-Mar-26 09:08:47

Vintagewhine

Starmer is in agreement with 75% of Americans who don't agree with the war.

Most Americans never agree with a war which they see as being too far away to affect them, they have no interest in the rest of the world.
They didn’t agree with WW2 until after Pearl Harbour.

Fallingstar Wed 04-Mar-26 09:07:40

I would see any criticism by Trump as a good thing seeing as he has complimented both Putin and the North Korean leader as strong men who care about their people in the past. Anything he says is absolute manure.
And Winston Churchill whom Trump used as part of his insult to Starmer would have found Trump to be a complete fool am sure.

AGAA4 Wed 04-Mar-26 08:20:24

Trump criticised our brave military not so long ago saying they stayed back from the fighting. It was a disgusting statement so anything Trump says should be taken with a whole barrel of salt.
He now criticises Starmer when he is one of the worst presidents the US have had.

Smileless2012 Wed 04-Mar-26 08:18:08

Precisely eddiecat.

sixandahalf Wed 04-Mar-26 08:17:33

Maremia

Trump's criticism is one of the best things that's happened to Starmer recently.

Agree.

eddiecat78 Wed 04-Mar-26 08:14:54

Just a few weeks ago Trump was saying USA didn't need Europe. Indeed he stated that America had fought the war in Afghanistan without our troops being involved.
Why on earth would we help him now?

Maremia Wed 04-Mar-26 08:05:23

Trump's criticism is one of the best things that's happened to Starmer recently.

Vintagewhine Wed 04-Mar-26 08:02:38

Starmer is in agreement with 75% of Americans who don't agree with the war.

Maremia Wed 04-Mar-26 07:34:02

There was no threat from Iran to the people of the USA.

Maremia Wed 04-Mar-26 07:33:18

Evil regimes? Isn't Netanyahu accused in the international courts of war crimes?

mae13 Wed 04-Mar-26 02:54:10

Casdon

Are you eating your words of yesterday mael13, about Starmer being Trump’s lapdog?

Absolutely not, Mister Casdon: I reserve the right to change my mind/have diverse opinions and roundly rebuke the very likes of you if I so wish.

If an American President can do it then so can I.

Ciao.

mae13 Wed 04-Mar-26 02:48:54

Casdon

Are you eating your words of yesterday mael13, about Starmer being Trump’s lapdog?

Certainly not Mister Casdon: I reserve the right to change my mind/ have diverse opinions and rebuke the likes of you if I so wish.

If an American President can do it then so can I!

Ciao.

Smileless2012 Tue 03-Mar-26 23:15:44

Has no sense of vision and just reacts to things that sounds like Trump Oreo.

Meandrogrog Tue 03-Mar-26 23:14:10

Sueinkent

Oreo

Elegran

Oreo

Freya5

Elegran

In an international situation it is of course international law which applies. It is no use telling a foreign head of state that Uk law says they can't do that in a third country. They would laugh in your face. The fact that Trump is as likely to ignore international law as he is to ignore the constitution of his own country is not a reason for Starmer to throw away the international lawbook. He is pretty keen on UK law, too, unlike some politicians.

International Law. Let's wait and see how many other countries Iran attacks, just for the hell of it, even their next door neighbours, who had done nothing.Where was International Law, and Starmer, and the EU, when Iran thugs were murdering their own people. They cried for help, Starmer and his cronies denied them.
As soon as this evil regime has gone the better.

Freya
Absolutely! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Sure, Let's all pile in and bomb each other to oblivion. What fun! Just press the button and enjoy the fireworks. Who is volunteering for the suicide missions?

Or would you rather criticise everyone else for not volunteering ?

That’s just silly.
Iran is not just a terrible regime to its own people but a real worry to not only Israel and surrounding region but to the world as it encourages and arms terror groups.Now it’s getting close to having nuclear capability and was enjoying playing cat and mouse with the talks, which were never going anywhere.
What’s happening now is necessary.

You do realise Israel finances Hamas and has owned up to doing so according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz? Besides which, it is up to the Iranians to remove their own government. No one else.

They get killed when they try!

friendlygingercat Tue 03-Mar-26 23:13:40

One of the reasons I hate Blair is because he kowtowed to Bush over Iraq. Look where that took us. A power vacuum when the state apparatus collapsed.

The Arab states refused to allow their territory to be used for bombing Iran but they may now change their minds now.

Allsorts Tue 03-Mar-26 23:02:49

Trump has recklessly started ww3, just because he can, he's a nut case, leave us out of it. If there has every been a time for Starmer to do nothing, his usual stance, this is it.