Trump takes another swipe at Keir Starmer's lack of support for his war in Iran, saying 'we don't want another Neville Chamberlain'

By TARYN KAUR PEDLER, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 16:41, 6 April 2026 | Updated: 16:58, 6 April 2026 Donald Trump has taken another swipe at Sir Keir Starmer as he told reporters at the White House, 'we don't want another Neville Chamberlain'. Asked by a reporter whether he had spoken to Sir Keir and if the UK could 'resurrect like Jesus this Easter weekend', Trump replied, 'Well, that's what they need. 'They have a long way to go, the UK has a long way to go,' before then adding, 'we don't want another Neville Chamberlain, do we agree?' Chamberlain, who was the UK Prime Minister at the start of the Second World War, is remembered for the policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany before the conflict, before he was replaced by Winston Churchill. It comes after Starmer was warned that his relationship with the US President may be irrevocably damaged following a series of scathing remarks by Trump. Kim Darroch, the former national security adviser and a former British ambassador to the US, said the prime minister was 'right to resist getting directly involved in Trump's Iran 'war of choice'. 'But it has unquestionably done significant damage to his personal relationship with Trump,' he told The Guardian, adding that a 'damaged Trump' could 'lash out' with more tariffs. In an earlier speech at the White House, Trump mocked Starmer for his response to the Middle East conflict.  Donald Trump has taken another swipe at Sir Keir Starmer as he told reporters at the White House , 'we don't want another Neville Chamberlain' It comes after Starmer was warned that his relationship with the US President may be irrevocably damaged following a series of scathing remarks by Trump He mimicked the UK Prime Minister, saying he had to ask his team about sending 'two broken-down aircraft carriers' to the Middle East. Speaking at the lunch last Wednesday, Trump said: 'I asked (the) UK, who should be our best. 'In fact the King is coming over here in two weeks, he's a nice guy, King Charles. 'But should be our best but they weren't our best. I said, "you have two, old broken-down aircraft carriers, do you think you could send them over"?' While doing an impression of Starmer, Trump added: 'Oh I'll have to ask my team. 'I said "you're the Prime Minister, you don't have to. "No, no, no, I have to ask my team. My team has to meet, we're meeting next week". 'But the war already started. Next week the war's going to be over… in three days.' This is a breaking story. More to follow.  The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.