"It's for the US president to decide what he thinks is in the US national interest, and that's for him to do. But it is our job as the UK government to decide what's in the UK national interest, and that doesn't mean simply agreeing with other countries or outsourcing our foreign policy to other countries."
"We don't need people that join Wars after we've already won! 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."
Sir Keir Starmer spoke with Donald Trump regarding military cooperation involving US access to RAF bases for collective defense operations in the Middle East. The UK has authorized American use of British military facilities for defensive strikes against Iranian targets but has not participated in direct attacks. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper emphasized that the UK makes independent foreign policy decisions based on British national interests rather than automatically aligning with other nations. Trump criticized the UK's delayed support on social media, while US military aircraft including C-17 transport planes and B-1 Lancer bombers have been deployed to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
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