Trump reposts video mocking Starmer on Truth Social

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US President Donald Trump shared a video on his Truth Social network Sunday of a TV comedy skit showing a terrified British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hoping to dodge a phone call with the American leader.

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The skit, aired on the premiere of the new British version of Saturday Night Live — adapted from the long-running US show — shows Starmer, played by George Fouracres, panicking inside 10 Downing Street at the prospect of a call with Trump.

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Starmer turns to a fake David Lammy, his deputy prime minister, and says, “What if Donald shouts at me?”

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When Trump picks up the phone, Starmer immediately hangs up, asking why it is so difficult to talk to “that scary, scary, wonderful president”.

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“Sir, just be honest and tell him we can’t send any more ships to the Strait of Hormuz,” Lammy says — the vital shipping lane effectively blocked by Iran since the US-Israeli attacks that started the Middle East war.

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“I just want to keep him happy, Lammy. You don’t understand him like I do — I can change him,” Starmer says.

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Trump did not post any comment alongside the video.

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The US leader has repeatedly railed against Starmer since the start of the war, accusing him of not doing enough to support the United States.

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“This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with,” Trump said earlier this month, after Starmer initially declined to let US warplanes use UK bases to strike Iran.

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“I’m disappointed with Keir,” Trump has also said, slamming Starmer’s “big mistake”.

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“I like him, I think he’s a nice man, but I’m disappointed.”

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