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Trump Criticises Keir Starmer Yet Again After Resigning as Prime Minister

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Donald Trump has described Keir Starmer as a “lovely man” who “really hurt himself” following the prime minister’s decision to resign.

The US president – who bizarrely posted on social media that Starmer was going to quit a day before he actually did – took the opportunity to attack Labour policies when asked about the PM by reporters.

He said: “I think he’s a lovely man, but you’re really messing up energy, you’ve got windmills all over the place and in the meantime you have the North Sea oil and they won’t let anybody drill! It’s one of the great fields in the world.”

He continued: “The UK buys much of its energy – you know where? Norway. You know where they get their oil? The North Sea.

“The UK has a much better portion of the sea. They don’t want to do it for environmental purposes.”

The UK does allow drilling in the North Sea for oil but only for the existing licences. It has permanently banned any new explorations.

The fossil fuels extracted is then be sold on to the highest bidder on the international stage.

The oil can not be used domestically for UK energy because domestic refineries are not able to refine it, meaning expanding North Sea drilling would not directly ease the country’s energy problem.

Even so, Trump has regularly criticised Labour’s refusal to “drill, baby, drill”.

The president continued: “I told him [Starmer] – he’s sort of a friend of mine – I mean, he was not good to us with Nato, he said we can’t use the island to land, that was a first, for a couple of weeks.

“He said, but I gave it to you – that was a bad move, that hurt him badly. But I’m going to wish well. But he’s got two problems, energy and immigration. And crime.

“He’s really hurt himself very badly.”

Starmer did fall out with Trump after he refused to let the US use UK military bases to launch offensive strikes on Iran.

He did grant permission for limited, defensive strikes on the Middle East, but the president was deeply offended and lambasted the PM in public for weeks.

No other Nato ally offered to help Trump with his war against Iran, either.

But Trump regularly chose Starmer as his main punching bag, saying he is no “Winston Churchill” and comparing him to Neville Chamberlain, the PM who associated with Nazi appeasement.

Starmer declared he was stepping down as Labour leader on Monday, and laid out a timetable for his departure as prime minister.

Andy Burnham, the new Makerfield MP and most popular politician in the Labour, is the only person to put themselves forward into the contest so far.

If no other MP can build up enough support from fellow MPs, he will run uncontested and likely be in No.10 by July 18 at the latest.

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‘Not Good!’: Trump Blasts Italy’s Prime Minister Again As G7 Feud Spills Over

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President Donald Trump slammed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni again on Sunday, accusing her of refusing to support the US military after he unilaterally waged war against Iran.

In a Truth Social post that did not mention her by name but by her job title, Trump wrote: “After spending Trillions of Dollars on NATO, Italy, and its Prime Minister, wouldn’t even think of becoming involved with the Islamic Republic of Iran and their very serious Nuclear Threat. For decades, we defend them but, when tested, they are not there to defend us, and the rest of the World. Not good!”

A spat that began at the G7 summit last week is boiling over, in part due to Trump’s propensity to beef with fellow world leaders, most of whom are allies.

Trump earlier claimed that Meloni essentially groveled for a photo op with him during the get-together. “She begged me to take a picture with her. She wanted a picture with me so badly. I wouldn’t have taken it, but I felt sorry for her,” he said. He repeated the claim.

Meloni, who reportedly challenged Trump on issues related to the war in Iran during the summit, said he showed more deference to enemies than to allies. She said his claims were “completely made up.”

Trump suggested Meloni was trying to cozy up to him because of her “falling numbers.”

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani cancelled a visit to the US in the wake of the spat, calling Trump’s accusations “serious and offensive.”

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JD Vance Hit With Epic Community Note Over Bizarre World War 2 Claim

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JD Vance has been hit with an epic community note on X after claiming World War 2 ended with a negotiated peace agreement.

The US president made the bizarre claim as he defended his administration’s attempts to end the Iran war.

Vance said: “This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to World War 1, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation.”

But a community note on X pointed out that World War 2 ended “with unconditional surrenders by Germany on May 8, 1945, and Japan on September 2, 1945, rather than negotiation.”

Social media users were just as unforgiving about the vice-president’s historical gaffe.

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Trump Official Wades Into Reform’s Irate Sky News Interview Over ‘White Lives Matter’

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A member of Donald Trump’s administration has weighed in on Zia Yusuf’s tense Sky News interview over the Henry Nowak murder.

The 18-year-old student was stabbed repeatedly by Vickrum Digwa last December, who then told police attending the incident that he had been the victim of racism.

As Henry lay dying on the ground, and despite telling the officers that he could not breathe and had been stabbed, he was handcuffed and arrested.

Digwa was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years at Southampton Crown Court on Monday.

Reform leader Nigel Farage controversially claimed the case was proof of “two-tier policing” in the UK, insisted: “White lives matter, too”, and called for “pure cold rage” from the public in response.

Sky’s Cathy Newman asked Yusuf, who is Reform’s home affairs spokesperson, if he thought that was incitement from Farage.

But he bizarrely deflected by asking what her emotional response to the bodycam footage from officers attending the scene of Nowak’s death.

She said it was “heartbreaking” – but pointed out that his family have asked for Henry’s death not to be used for more division.

When Yusuf asked again for the presenter’s response, she had to remind him: “I’m interviewing you!”

The two then clashed over Reform’s repeated use of “white lives matter” as the senior politician continued to side-step direct questions about racism against Black and ethnic minorities from police.

Yusuf eventually said it was “unacceptable for anyone to be discriminated against” – but went on to attack Newman for the “premise” of her questions.

He also admitted that he has not spoken directly to Henry Nowak’s family, despite their requests for no political point scoring.

Sarah B Rogers, the US under-secretary of state for public diplomacy, responded to a clip of their tense exchange on X – and took Yusuf’s side.

Ignoring Farage’s call for “pure cold rage”, Rogers wrote: “I will answer Cathy’s question: stating effectively ‘this video should outrage you’ is nowhere near incitement under any lucid standard.

“Moreover, it is true.”

This is not the first time Rogers has weighed into UK rows, accusing the UK of parroting Russia for considering a ban on X, and mocking prime minister Keir Starmer and his then-chief of staff over Christmas.

Newman later responded to the interview on X, writing: “Well that was fiery. Shame you couldn’t be on the sofa [Zia] but glad we got to chat (though I think you might have asked as many questions as I did!)”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Offers ‘Dangerous’ Theory On How Trump Will Stay In Power

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Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday she is “concerned” that President Donald Trump could use war in Iran or elsewhere to stay in power after his second term. (Watch the video below.)

Greene referred to an exchange between Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy last summer. The Ukrainian president told Trump that elections were suspended while his country was at war against Russia. That aroused Trump’s interest.

Host Alex Jones cued up the clip.

“So you say, during the war, you can’t have elections,” Trump said. “So let me just see. Three and a half years from now, so you mean if we happen to be in a war with somebody, no more elections? Oh, that’s good.”

Jones went off on a tangent about Trump’s musing this week about running for prime minister of Israel, but Greene kept to her point.

“So that type of behaviour is someone planting an idea over and over and over again,” Greene said. “He constantly says it so that he can normalise the idea and test the support and test people’s reactions. But saying it over and over and over again normaliaes the idea. And I think it’s incredibly dangerous, and no one should ever accept it. Absolutely, absolutely not. There cannot be a third term, no. That’s against our laws. That’s against the Constitution. There is no third term. And if this country is at war, no, our election should not be canceled, absolutely not.”

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⚠️MTG Is Concerned About Trump Canceling Elections & Declaring Dictatorship During Wartime!

\"There Cannot Be A 3rd Term, That’s Against The Constitution, And If This Country Is At War, Our Elections Should Not Be Canceled!\"

⬇️WATCH ALEX JONES LIVE⬇️https://t.co/ddnrZ8H0kv pic.twitter.com/eqhrw9udIv

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⚠️MTG Is Concerned About Trump Canceling Elections & Declaring Dictatorship During Wartime!

“There Cannot Be A 3rd Term, That’s Against The Constitution, And If This Country Is At War, Our Elections Should Not Be Canceled!”

⬇️WATCH ALEX JONES LIVE⬇️https://t.co/ddnrZ8H0kv pic.twitter.com/eqhrw9udIv

— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) May 21, 2026

Trump’s contemplations of an illegal third term are old hat. But a somewhat novel theory emerged this week of how he might try to pull off staying in the White House by literally staying at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

MS NOW host Chris Hayes joked that he was starting to believe speculation that Trump would barricade himself in the bunker purportedly being built under his ballroom project.

Greene and Jones, former Trump disciples who swore him off, both love a conspiracy theory. So there’s some entertainment value in listening to the two extreme figures chat.

Jones’ Infowars has been shut down, but he’s now broadcasting “The Alex Jones Show” on the so-called Alex Jones Network.

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