Lammy: UK Won't Join Iran Conflict, Despite Trump's Jabs

0:00On April 19, David Lamy, the UK Deputy Prime Minister, called out Donald Trump's social media jabs a Kier Starmer as small and petty moves to push. The Prime Minister into joining the Iran conflict. He made it clear the UK won't get pulled into this fight, sticking to its own stance amid rising tensions with the U.S. Earlier this week, Lamy headed to Washington to meet Vice President JD Vance in Secretary of State Marco Rubio, aiming to fix ties and highlight the need to reopen the strait of Hormuz for global oil and shipping flows. Starmer has voiced frustration over how Trump's Middle East actions are spiking British energy bills, while Chancellor Rachel Rees labeled the whole. Messing mistake hitting the world economy hard, Trump's insults have mocked Starmer for holding back UK forces in gear, straining the special relationship, but Lamy pointed to history. Churchill and Roosevelt, clashing over Stalin, or Thatcher and Reagan on Grenada, as proof allies can disagree without the drama. On Sunday, Trump said U.S. negotiators are off to Pakistan this

1:05week for peace talks, but warned he'd wipe out Iran's power plants if no deal comes. Still, Lamy expects King Charles and Queen Camilla's upcoming state visit to the U.S. marking 250 years of American independence to go, smoothly and reset things. Lamy's recent trips to the U.S. Gulf and Spain show the UK's balancing act, pushing for closer EU trade ties and tough economic times while prepping, for next month's local elections that could test Labour's edge.