Trump names the 1 move Starmer could make to ‘recover’ beleaguered relationship | World | News

Sir Keir Starmer can still “save” his relationship with Donald Trump, the US President has said. However, the US leader added that the British Prime Minister would need to change his government’s immigration policies.

The US President warned that current policies are not strong enough, saying the Prime Minister can only “improve” if he toughens his stance. He added: “If immigration policies are strengthened, which they are not at the moment, it may recover; but if they are not strengthened, I don’t think it has any chance.” Comments, King III. It came during a telephone interview with the BBC ahead of Charles and Queen Camilla’s planned visit to the US next week. The royal couple will travel to the United States for a four-day visit starting Monday, during which they will meet the US president at the White House. Donald Trump He also expressed his views in a separate interview with Sky News last week, praising King Charles while targeting the policies of the UK Government.

Despite his warm words for the monarch, Mr Trump used the call to once again brand Britain’s approach to immigration and energy as damaging.

Speaking on the broadcaster’s Trump 100 podcast, POTUS continued to criticize what he described as “tragic mistakes.”

He reportedly added: “I love Starmer but I think he made a tragic mistake in shutting down North Sea oil. You see your energy prices are the highest in the world. And I think he made a tragic mistake on immigration.”

Journalist Mark Stone was quick to counter some of Trump’s claims, noting that countries like Belgium and Germany have higher energy prices.

During the call, which was conducted on Trump’s personal cell phone and was not intended for broadcast, Stone said Mr. Trump talked about “interesting things on immigration.”

He added: “I was very surprised that he used language that we have heard and repeated over and over about immigration in the United States. He said, ‘Your country is being invaded.’

“And I said, ‘by whom?’ And I pushed back, ‘but by whom?’ He repeated to me: ‘Your country is being invaded by illegal immigrants from all over the world, including people from prisons, drug dealers, people in mental institutions.’

Mr Stone said he challenged the US President over his claims about immigration, questioning whether they were exaggerated and whether it was appropriate for him to tell Keir Starmer how to run the country.

But Mr Trump insisted his warnings were correct, claiming he was “right” on immigration and suggested Britain faced similar problems.

POTUS was reportedly pessimistic about the UK and US’s “special relationship”, at one point even unsure of what the term meant.

The growing rift comes at a time when disagreements over the Iranian conflict are deepening; Donald Trump has criticized the UK’s reluctance to support US action, while Sir Keir resists being drawn into a wider war.

At a time when the “special relationship” is facing one of its most tense periods in years, King Henry III. Time will tell whether Charles’s state visit next week will ease tensions.