"He has not been helpful. I never thought I'd see that. I never thought I'd see that from the UK. We love the UK, he said. It's a different world, actually. It's just a much different kind of relationship that we've had with your country before. It's very sad to see that the relationship is obviously not what it was."
"We all remember the mistakes of Iraq, and we have learned those lessons. Any UK actions must always have a lawful basis, and a viable thought-through plan, he said. That is the principle that I applied to the decisions that I made over the weekend."
"Trump said he wished Starmer a lot of luck and said he had a great relationship with the people of the UK. He said the UK was also not such a recognisable country I mean, you look at what happened over the last period of time and it's very different."
Trump expressed disappointment with Starmer's decision to deny British bases for US offensive strikes against Iran, contrasting the UK's stance unfavorably with France's support and NATO backing. Starmer defended the UK position by citing lessons from Iraq, emphasizing that any military action requires a lawful basis and viable planning. The prime minister stated the UK would permit defensive use of its bases to protect allied forces in the Gulf and Middle East. Trump indicated the relationship between the two countries has fundamentally changed, expressing sadness over the shift from historical UK-US cooperation and suggesting the UK itself has become unrecognizable.
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