Trump Is Deliberately Winding Up Brits With 'Unhinged' Attacks On Starmer, Says Military Expert

Donald Trump has been accused of purposefully winding up the British public by attacking the UK-US special relationship.

The president has repeatedly laid into Keir Starmer after the prime minister initially refused to let America use UK military bases to launch attacks on Iran. 

After Iran began attacking other countries in the Middle East, putting 300,000 Brits in danger, Starmer granted the Americans access to British sites for “defensive” strikes on Iran.

But it was too little too late for Trump.

He said last week that Starmer was “not Winston Churchill” and on Saturday night claimed America’s “once great ally” Britain was now trying to “join a war after we’ve already won”.

Starmer has used up plenty of political capital trying to keep Trump on side over the last year but this latest spat has sparked speculation that the “special relationship” between the two countries is officially over. 

However, Sky’s military analyst Michael Clarke said: “The special relationship, as depicted in the British press, between the UK and the US has been over for 40 years.”

He said everyone has a “sensitive” relationship with the US, while the UK has a “specialist relationship” where they co-operate with intelligence-sharing, military work and nuclear power.

But, Clarke claimed that this does not actually extend to those at the top.

“The Americans always play tough. The special relationship is a sentimental thing that we hold onto and they’ve long since forgotten about,” the analyst said.

“They only talk about the special relationship when they want to beat us up, which they do. Trump likes insulting his allies.

“Trump’s statements are better than they sound. They sound unhinged but he knows what he’s doing.

“There is a low cunning behind these statements he makes because he knows it winds us up.

“He knows he gets a reaction to the British press and he knows that gives him credit to require something else of us.”

At the weekend, Trump ranted on TruthSocial: “The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East.

“That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer — But we will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!”