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‘Asinine BS’: RFK Jr. Blasted Over This ‘Genuinely Crazy’ Trump Claim

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Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who once flexed his disdain for Donald Trump and his base of “belligerent idiots,” stressed on Saturday that he “drank the Kool-Aid,” and the president wasn’t as “ill-informed” as he once believed.

In remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Kennedy claimed Trump has “encyclopedic, molecular knowledge” across a “wide range of very, very eclectic interests” before recalling a time the two dined on McDonald’s aboard his plane during the 2024 campaign.

“We started talking about Syria and he got a placemat and he turned it on its back and then he took a Sharpie and drew a perfect map of the Mid East,” said Kennedy of Trump, who claimed that he “never wrote a picture” in his life last year while denying that he gave a racy 2003 birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein.

Kennedy continued, “Then he put the troop strength of every country on every border on that map. It challenged a lot of the assumptions that I had been told about him.”

He added that Trump has an “extraordinary depth of knowledge” about what’s happening in each agency alongside an “instinct for making good choices” before concluding that the president is better than his uncle, John F. Kennedy, at understanding the use of power in the White House.

Social media users swiftly clowned Kennedy over his Trump story, with one user on X calling out the health secretary over his “asinine BS” and another writing that it’s “genuinely crazy to watch the North Korean level hero worship manifest in real time.”

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Starmer Tells Trump: You Can’t Pressure Me Over Iran War

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Keir Starmer has told Donald Trump he won’t be “pressured” into changing his position on the Iran war.

The prime minister said he “will not be wavering” in his belief that America and Israel’s attacks were illegal and that the president has no plan for what comes next.

Starmer angered Trump by initially refusing permission for American jets to use RAF bases to launch bombing raids.

Giving evidence to the Liaison Committee of senior MPs, the PM said: “The principles I’ve applied throughout is that for any UK action, there must be a lawful basis, and a viable and thought-through plan. That is why we didn’t join the original offensive strikes.”

He added: “This is not our war, and we are not getting dragged into this war.”

Trump has launched a series of attacks on the PM since the war began more than three weeks ago.

His most recent jibe came on Sunday when he shared a Saturday Night Live UK sketch portraying Starmer as weak, indecisive and scared of Trump.

Asked by Liaison Committee chair Meg Hillier about the president’s “quite rude” behaviour, the PM said: “I’m utterly focused on what is in the best interests of our country and I am unapologetic about that.

“Notwithstanding the pressure that comes from elsewhere, I will remain laser focused on what is in the British national interest.

“And a lot of what is said or done is undoubtedly said and done to put pressure on me, I have no doubt about that. I understand what is going on.

“But I am not going to waver on this. I am the British prime minister and my job is to be absolutely focused on what is in the British national interest.

“That has served me well in recent weeks and that is the principle that I will continue to adhere to as we go forward taking difficult decisions.”

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‘This Is Not Our War’: Starmer Distances Himself From Trump’s Attacks On Iran

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Keir Starmer has said America and Israel’s bombing of Iran is “not our war” as he defending his approach to the conflict.

In comments which risk further angering Donald Trump, the prime minister said the UK is “not getting dragged into” the war, despite giving US jets permission to fly their missions from RAF bases.

He also repeated his claim that there is no “lawful basis” for Trump’s war or “a viable and thought-through plan” for what comes next.

His comments, while giving evidence to a committee of senior MPs, came after Trump backed down over his threat to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants unless they re-open the Strait of Hormuz.

The US president said his decision followed “very good and productive conversations” with Tehran over the weekend.

Starmer said: “On Iran, the principles I’ve applied throughout is that for any UK action, there must be a lawful basis, and a viable and thought-through plan. That is why we didn’t join the original offensive strikes.

“It is why we did take defensive action, collective self-defensive action on our own behalf, when it came to the work that we are doing with our allies in the region, taking missiles out that are coming from Iran. It is also why we allowed our bases to be used for the purposes of collective self-defence.

“But that’s an important divide. So collective self-defence, yes, we’ve taken appropriate action. But this is not our war, and we are not getting dragged into this war.”

Trump has made a number of outspoken attacks on Starmer since the war began more than three weeks ago.

And on Sunday, he posted on Truth Social a Saturday Night Live UK sketch which portrayed the PM as weak, indecisive and afraid of the president.

Asked how he is personally facing the challenges posed by the unpredictable president, Starmer said: “I will remain laser-focused on what is in the British national interest.

“A lot of what is said and done is undoubtedly said and done to put pressure on me, I have no doubt about that, I understand exactly what is going on.

“But I’m not going to be wavering on this. I’m the British prime minister and my job is to be absolutely focused on what is in the British national interest.

“That has served me well in recent weeks and that is the principle that I’ll continue to adhere to going forward, taking difficult decisions, notwithstanding the pressure than comes from a number of different places.”

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Ex-UK Ambassador To Iran Warns Situation Could ‘Flip’ Again After Trump U-Turn

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A former UK ambassador to Iran warned the war in the Middle East could “flip just as quickly” again after Donald Trump declared a five-day pause in hostilities.

Over the weekend, the US president appeared to escalate the war by threatening to “obliterate” Iranian energy sites on Sunday – unless Tehran opened the major oil shipping lane, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 hours.

But the president suddenly U-turned on his claim on Monday, after supposedly having “very good and productive” conversations with Iran.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said: “I have instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period.”

But former British ambassador to Iran, Nicholas Hopton, said this does not mean the war is over.

He told Times Radio: “The war has become clearly ill-conceived from its inception, the possible existence of an off-ramp now and the president’s willingness to retain the idea of negotiations with Iran must be seen as a positive.

“I’m afraid we could see this situation flip around just as quickly again by the end of the week.

“The president could be threatening again or even carrying out attacks on the oil infrastructure which, of course, the Iranians have said they will retaliate to by attacking the Gulf countries’ infrastructure by attacking oil production facilities and other infrastructure if the US carries out that.

“The Gulf countries have been pushing the White House very hard because that would be very difficult, almost existential in some ways, for their normal existence.”

Asked if Tehran will consider Trump’s U-turn a victory, Hopton said: “I think so. They are unlikely to say as much, the regime’s main objective is to survive.

“Of course, for the time being, it is surviving.”

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“I’m afraid we can see this situation flip around just as quickly again.”

Trump’s five-day pause on Iran strikes suggests the US may be seeking an \"off ramp\", but the conflict could quickly escalate again, says former British ambassador to Iran @NicholasHopton. pic.twitter.com/3AsvVdaR2h

— Times Radio (@TimesRadio) March 23, 2026

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“I’m afraid we can see this situation flip around just as quickly again.”

Trump’s five-day pause on Iran strikes suggests the US may be seeking an “off ramp”, but the conflict could quickly escalate again, says former British ambassador to Iran @NicholasHopton. pic.twitter.com/3AsvVdaR2h

— Times Radio (@TimesRadio) March 23, 2026

In response to the president’s post, Iranian IRGC-affiliated news agency, Fars News Agency, quoted an unnamed Iranian source who said there had been “no direct or indirect contact with Trump”.

They claimed that upon “hearing our targets would include all power stations in West Asia, he backed down”.

But the president told reporters he was speaking to the “top person” in Iran – though that was not the supreme leader.

He told CNN: “A top person. Don’t forget: We’ve wiped out the leadership phase one, phase two, and largely phase three.

“But we’re dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader, you know it’s a little tough, they’ve wiped out – we’ve wiped out everybody.”

He added that he is not talking to the Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.

Trump insisted that ending Iran’s nuclear programme is essential for any future agreement.

“We are very willing to make a deal. it’s got to be good deal and it’s got to be no more wars, no more nuclear weapons,” Trump told reporters.

“They’re not going to have nuclear weapons anymore. They’re agreeing to that. Any of that stuff, there is no deal.”

If there was no deal, he claimed “we will just keep bombing our little hearts out”.

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