In his latest attack, Trump stated that the United Kingdom “should be enthusiastically involved” in assisting American forces in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
This comes as Tehran blocks the vital sea passage out of the Persian Gulf, halting the flow of oil and gas from the Middle East and driving up global energy prices.
President Trump says he is ‘not happy’ with UK prime minister for refusing to join the war on Iran
Mr. Trump suggested countries that became involved in protecting shipping in the Strait would face ‘very few shots’ from Iran.
He spoke hours after the former head of the UK’s armed forces warned Royal Navy vessels could be sunk.
The US President also said that when he spoke to Sir Keir yesterday, he admonished the Prime Minister for speaking to aides before making a decision on whether to send warships to the region.
Mr Trump’s outburst came after Sir Keir insisted the UK will not be drawn into a ‘wider war’ in the Middle East and knocked back the US President’s plea for other countries to send warships to the region.
Giving a press conference in Downing Street, the PM insisted he wanted to see ‘an end to this war as quickly as possible’.
But facing the media this afternoon, Mr Trump said: ‘I was very surprised with the UK, because UK two weeks ago, I said, why don’t you send some ships over?
‘And he [Starmer] really didn’t want to do it. I said, “you don’t want to do it?”
‘We’ve been with you. You’re our oldest ally, and we spend a lot of money on, you know, NATO and all of these things to protect you.
‘We’re protecting them. We’re working with them on Ukraine. Ukraine is thousands of miles away, separated by a vast ocean…
‘We don’t need to work with them in Ukraine, and then they tell us that we have a mine ship around, and they don’t want to do it.’
He added: ‘I think it’s terrible. I was very surprised.’