{"id":2617529,"date":"2026-06-22T19:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-remembers-starmer-as-feckless-on-iran-and-energy-as-british-pm-resigns\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T19:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:49:39","slug":"trump-remembers-starmer-as-feckless-on-iran-and-energy-as-british-pm-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-remembers-starmer-as-feckless-on-iran-and-energy-as-british-pm-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump remembers Starmer as feckless on Iran and energy as British PM resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-remembers-starmer-as-feckless-on-iran-and-energy-as-british-pm-resigns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2617529&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump expressed mixed reactions to the resignation of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer,criticizing him over energy policies and his stance during the Iran conflict. Trump highlighted disagreements with Starmer, particularly regarding NATO support and UK energy policies, especially the exploitation of North Sea oil. He described Starmer as a \u201cnice man\u201d but pointed out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-kennedy-bidens-energy-agenda-going-to-gut-my-state-hurt-america-will-destroy-our-energy-independence\/\" title=\"Senator Kennedy: Biden\u2019s ... Agenda Going To \u2018Gut\u2019 My State, \u2018Hurt America.\u2019 Will \u2018Destroy Our ... Independence.\u2019\">issues related<\/a> to energy, immigration, and crime. Trump also criticized UK\u2019s refusal to support the U.S. during the Iran war, noting Starmer\u2019s absence and negative comments about the US. Additionally, Trump called out germany and Italy as \u201cvery bad,\u201d and falsely announced Starmer\u2019s resignation before it was officially confirmed, praising him in a flippant manner on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media<\/a>. The article also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >features additional recommended stories<\/a> on unrelated topics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> vacillated between insults and well wishes after the resignation of British Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keir-starmer\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3660\">Keir Starmer<\/a> on Monday, bashing him over energy and his noninvolvement in the war with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and Starmer had a contentious relationship, reaching a low point during the Iran war, when the United Kingdom went along with most NATO countries in declining to support the U.S. in the conflict. Trump seemed to openly have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-despite-flood-of-accusations-most-ny-democrats-dont-want-cuomo-to-resign\/\" title=\"Poll: Despite Flood Of Accusations, Most NY Democrats Don\u2019t Want Cuomo To Resign\">mixed feelings<\/a> after Starmer resigned on Monday, voicing alternating niceties and insults while answering questions in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4619673\/thomas-dans-greenland-endless-shrimp-red-lobster\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump official\u2019s Greenland pitch: Bring back endless shrimp at Red Lobster<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4618805\/ukraine-poland-feud-threatens-relationship-upa\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Historical feud threatens to derail crucial relationship for Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4618766\/tim-sheehy-marco-rubio-take-over-iran-negotiations-if-vance-cant\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Sheehy calls for Rubio to take over Iran negotiations if Vance can\u2019t swing it<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was critical only for this, because I think he\u2019s a lovely man, but I said you\u2019re really messing up energy. You have windmills all over the place. In the meantime, you have the North Sea oil, and they won\u2019t let anybody drill,\u201d Trump said, going on to criticize London for not exploiting the oil there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president went on to clarify that Starmer is a \u201cnice man \u2026 sort of a friend of mine,\u201d but then increasingly found issues with him as he spoke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe was not good to us with NATO \u2026 right? He said we can\u2019t use the island to land \u2014 that was a first for a couple of weeks \u2014 he said, \u2018Well, but ultimately I gave it to you,\u2019 now that was a bad move that hurt him badly,\u201d he continued. \u201cI wish him well, but he\u2019s got two problems, energy and immigration, and crime, but energy and immigration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump later returned to the issue of Starmer declining to support the U.S. military during the Iran war.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStarmer wasn\u2019t there, and you know what? The people of the U.K. did not like it that he wasn\u2019t there. Starmer said no. Starmer said worse than no. He said, \u2018We\u2019ll be there as soon as you win.\u2019 I said, \u2018We don\u2019t need you as soon as we win.\u2019 Before I went in, we called him. He said, \u2018Oh, wow, we\u2019ll be there,&#8217;\u201d Trump said. \u201cThis was not Winston Churchill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president also singled out Germany and Italy as \u201cvery bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4618618\/andy-burnham-rushes-to-london-for-starmer-crown\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4618618\/andy-burnham-rushes-to-london-for-starmer-crown\/\">\u2018KING OF THE NORTH\u2019 ANDY BURNHAM RUSHES SOUTH TO LONDON FOR STARMER\u2019S CROWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump announced Starmer\u2019s resignation before it was made in a Sunday Truth Social <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116788451975276121\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116788451975276121\">post<\/a>, where he spoke in less charitable terms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKeir Starmer will resign as Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. He failed badly on two very important subjects- IMMIGRATION AND ENERGY (OPEN NORTH SEA OIL!). I wish him well!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump wavers between insults and praise after UK PM Starmer&#8217;s resignation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2617530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26120401840344.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[51311,4486,3823,34755,3634],"class_list":["post-2617529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-british-pm","tag-energy","tag-iran","tag-starmer","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26120401840344.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2617529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2617533,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617529\/revisions\/2617533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2617530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2617529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2617529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2617529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}