Donald Trump slammed for ‘lashing out’ at the UK after Iran ‘misadventure’ with Falklands threat

Marcus Donaldson
Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:59:02 +0000

President Donald Trump has been slammed for “lashing out” at the UK after it emerged that the US could drop diplomatic support for the Falklands.

Yesterday, a leaked Pentagon email outlined measures to punish Nato allies who declined to participate in US-Israeli military strikes against Iran.

The memo suggested Washington could reassess its backing for what it termed British “imperial possessions", including the Falklands.

US officials have not confirmed the existence of the email, but a spokesman suggested that President Trump had “credible options” to address allies who were “a paper tiger”.

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Laurie Wastell, Daily Sceptic associate editor, said the strategy proposed in the document would be a “very high-handed way for the US to treat their closest ally”.

Speaking to GB News, he described the potential move as an example of the Trump administration “lashing out” over frustrations with the Iran war.

“Americans have really had to eat a lot of humble pie over the Iran situation in the past couple of months, so they're looking for ways to lash out again,” Mr Wastell explained.

The journalist explained the US and Israeli campaign against Tehran “very much seems like a misadventure”.

Since the opening salvos of the conflict, President Trump has rowed with Keir Starmer over the UK’s initial reticence to allow American warplanes to use British bases.

Limited authorisation was eventually given for facilities such as RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire and Diego Garcia to support defensive missions targeting Iranian missile installations threatening the Strait of Hormuz, though only after Iran began retaliatory strikes.

Despite the feud, Mr Wastell said the Prime Minister emerged stronger “within his own party and the British electorate more broadly”, a view GB News discovered was shared by some Labour backbenchers.

“The decision actually to keep well out of Iran is one of the few things that some have actually done well in recent months.”

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Despite the credit, Mr Wastell warned that Sir Keir may be vulnerable to Argentinian firebrand President Javier Milei’s new approach.

“We've had the Argentinian government talking about the Falklands as a colonial possession, which is a completely ridiculous notion if you properly understand the history of the Falkland Islands," the journalist said.

“But we know that Keir Starmer will go weak at the knees for any suggestion like that if it's from, for instance, the International Criminal Court."

Nevertheless, Downing Street has maintained that Britain's position on the Falklands would not shift.

Following the Pentagon leak, a Government spokesman insisted that sovereignty rests with the UK and that self-determination remains paramount.

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper added that the Government's commitment to the islands was “unwavering”.

Last month, The People's Channel revealed that Britain was woefully underprepared to defend the South Atlantic territory, with veterans of the 1982 conflict warning that the UK lacked “credibility” as a global power.

Amid the concern, President Milei has repeatedly taken to social media to state his country's claim on the Falklands.