{"id":4821,"date":"2026-04-10T10:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4821"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:21:37","slug":"keir-starmer-is-fed-up-with-donald-trump-as-uk-continues-to-feel-effects-of-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4821","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer is \u2018fed up\u2019 with Donald Trump as UK continues to feel effects of Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prime Minister Kier Starmer has said that he is \u201cfed up\u201d with Donald Trump, as he blamed the American president for pushing up the cost of living.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Starmer criticised Trump\u2019s actions which led to pushing up energy bills for households and businesses, while he compared the US-Israeli war in Iran to Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to Starmer, the UK needed more \u201cenergy independence\u201d to reduce its exposure to international markets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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His statements come as petrol prices have soared while energy bills later this year are expected to increase, due to the US-Israeli war with Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Starmer linked the effects of the US military offensive in the Middle East to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which pushed up energy bills in 2022, as he directly accused Trump of impacting the cost of living of British families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy, businesses\u2019 bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world and saying to families across the country, saying to businesses across the country, \u2018We\u2019ve just got to put up with being on the international market\u2019\u201d, Starmer told ITV.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe need energy independence, and the only way to get energy independence is to go even more quickly to renewables because we\u2019re not going to get it on the international market\u201d, the prime minister said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Starmer also added that the Israeli strikes on Lebanon after the US-Iran ceasefire deal were wrong and should stop. <\/p>\n

Criticising Trump\u2019s threat to obliterate civilisation in Iran, Starmer said it was language that he would personally never use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Asked whether Israel was \u201cwrong to be attacking in Lebanon now\u201d, Starmer replied: \u201cYes, that shouldn\u2019t be happening. That should stop – that\u2019s my strong view – and therefore, the question isn\u2019t a technical one of whether it\u2019s a breach of the agreement or not.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe [question] is actually a matter of principles as far as I am concerned and, in a sense, my argument would be it should be included in a ceasefire and that\u2019s the important part of the overall approach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tensions between Trump and Starmer have grown ever since the US president started his war with Iran, as the PM\u2019s refusal to follow the US into another Middle East conflict hasn\u2019t left Trump best pleased.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Recently, Trump impersonated Starmer as he recounted saying he had to ask the UK to send \u201ctwo old broken-down aircraft carriers\u201d to the Middle East, in a video from a private Easter White House lunch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While in his latest jibe aimed at the British prime minister, Trump likened Starmer to Neville Chamberlain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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