Trump says UK's Starmer took far too long to allow use of air bases
The Straits Times
LONDON, March 2 - Britain took far too long to let the United States use its air bases in operations against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump told the Daily Telegraph, adding he was disappointed in Prime Minister Keir Starmer's approach to the vital Diego Garcia base. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON, March 2 - Britain took far too long to let the United States use its air bases in operations against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump told the Daily Telegraph, adding he was disappointed in Prime Minister Keir Starmer's approach to the vital Diego Garcia base.
Britain did not let the U.S. use joint bases for Washington's initial air strikes against Iran, but on Sunday evening Starmer said he was accepting a U.S. request for their use in any "defensive" strikes against Iranian targets.
In an interview published on Monday Trump said Starmer appeared to be "worried about the legality" of the strikes.
"That's probably never happened between our countries before," Trump said of the disagreement, adding Starmer's shift in stance took "far too much time".
Trump said Starmer should have approved from the get-go the American use of Diego Garcia - a strategically important U.S.-UK air base in the Indian Ocean - saying Iran was responsible for killing "a lot of people from your country".
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