Trump attacks ‘stupid’ Starmer over Chagos and China blunders
Keir Starmer’s belief that he’s the ‘Trump Whisperer’ appears to be in tatters. Having managed to say nothing of any great substance in response to the President’s tariff threats, the Prime Minister was on the end of a brutal social media evisceration overnight - as Trump took to Truth Social to call Labour’s Chagos Islands giveaway “stupid”.
Camilla and Tim question why Starmer has allowed himself to be bullied by Trump, how today’s approving of plans for the controversial Chinese super-embassy will surely only inflame tensions further, and just why - when it’s his favourite place in the…
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