Donald Trump tells GB News that UK 'needs to resurrect like Jesus' but has 'long way to go'

Addressing a question from Chief US Correspondent Ben Leo, Mr Trump said: "That's what they need. There's a long way to go. The UK has a long way to go."

Discussing Sir Keir Starmer's response to events in the Middle East, the US President added: "We don't want another Neville Chamberlain, do we agree? We don't want another Neville Chamberlain."

When asked the same question, the US President's son Eric Trump told GB News: "It needs to be. It needs to be. Free speech needs to be resurrected in the UK."]

The US President has threatened to rain "hell" on Tehran if it does not make a deal tonight.

Mr Trump's administration wants Iran to allow goods to start moving again through the Strait of Hormuz.

The US and Iran are currently weighing up a framework plan to end their five‑week-old conflict, as Tehran said it wanted a lasting end to the war and pushed back against pressure to swiftly reopen the strait under a temporary ceasefire.

Iran conveyed its response to the US proposal for ending the war to Pakistan, rejecting a ceasefire and emphasising the necessity of a permanent end to the war, the official IRNA news agency said.

The Iranian response consisted of 10 clauses, including an end to conflicts in the region, a protocol for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, lifting of sanctions, and reconstruction, the agency added.

In response, Mr Trump said: "They made a proposal, and it's a significant proposal. It's a significant step. It's not good enough."

Last month, the US President dismissed Sir Keir Starmer with a pointed comparison: "This is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with."

At that same meeting, Mr Trump insisted that the UK "should be giving us, without question or hesitation, things like bases where we can use others".

Sir Keir has previously defended Britain's decision to stay out of the opening wave of military action against Iran, describing the choice as calculated and serving the country's interests.

Speaking at a press conference in March, the Prime Minister said: "That decision was deliberate, it was in the national interest, and I stand by it."

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has recently called Donald Trump’s repeated criticisms of Sir Keir "childish", as she suggested the President has made a "mess" in the Middle East.

Meanwhile, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage suggested last week that the Prime Minister was right not to join the US campaign.

He said: "I wouldn't have joined the war, but we should have supported him in the sense of not obstructing him [from] using the bases and that's what's caused the fault line."

Speaking to GB News today, Labour MP Tom Hayes defended the Prime Minister and insisted Mr Trump is "not serious".

He told The People's Channel: "Let's be honest here, is anybody seriously listening to Donald Trump when he makes these comments. He is no student of history, that is clear.

"He's launching wars that have no endpoint, wars with changing goals, wars which he claims have been won when they haven't been. He is not a serious world leader.

"GB News should not be giving him the attention he is craving. We should not be baiting him with these questions so he can score open goals against our Prime Minister when he has done what the country wants, which is to learn the lessons from Iraq."