{"id":70769,"date":"2026-04-03T06:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/trump-claims-starmer-is-weak-as-he-mocks-pm-and-uk-aircraft-carriers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T06:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:03:45","slug":"trump-claims-starmer-is-weak-as-he-mocks-pm-and-uk-aircraft-carriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/trump-claims-starmer-is-weak-as-he-mocks-pm-and-uk-aircraft-carriers\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims Starmer is weak as he mocks PM and UK aircraft carriers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Footage shows US president saying UK \u2018should be our best\u2019 ally and accusing PM of prevarication over sending ships <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/apr\/03\/middle-east-crisis-live-trump-urges-iran-to-make-deal-after-bridge-strike\">Middle East crisis \u2013 live updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Footage has emerged of Donald Trump mocking Keir Starmer by claiming the prime minister said he would have to consult his team before deciding whether to send UK aircraft carriers to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>In a new low for UK-US relations, Trump appeared to impersonate Starmer during an Easter lunch speech at the White House.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/03\/trump-claims-starmer-weak-mocks-pm-uk-aircraft-carriers-iran-war\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Footage shows US president saying UK \u2018should be our best\u2019 ally and accusing PM of prevarication over sending ships \u2022 Middle East crisis \u2013 live updates Footage has emerged of Donald Trump mocking Keir Starmer by claiming the prime minister said he would have to consult his team before deciding whether to send UK aircraft &#8230; <a title=\"Trump claims Starmer is weak as he mocks PM and UK aircraft carriers\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/trump-claims-starmer-is-weak-as-he-mocks-pm-and-uk-aircraft-carriers\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump claims Starmer is weak as he mocks PM and UK aircraft carriers\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}