'Isn't he humiliated?!' Camilla Tominey slaps down Foreign Minister over Donald Trump's scathing criticism of PM

And, as a result, the President launched scathing criticism across the pond, revealing last night the UK was "giving serious thought" to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East.

But Mr Trump said the US "don't need people" who join wars "after we've already won" in a harsh rebuke of the Prime Minister, who he previously branded a "loser with no future" just a few days ago.

And hours later, Mr Trump doubled down on his extraordinary exclamations.

"We don't need them," he said aboard Air Force One over the weekend, referring to the British carriers.

Nevertheless, joining Camilla this morning on the People's Channel, Hamish Falconer insisted the Prime Minister was "not humiliated" in the face of the presidential scrutiny.

First responding, he said there was "clearly a disagreement between our two countries".

"That is part of a much wider, deeper relationship. So yes, I think there's no escaping the fact that there is a disagreement, but I don't think it's a humiliation to disagree, even with close ties," he added.

However, referring to Mr Trump's first jibe that the PM was "no Churchill", he simply reiterated: "Look, there's obviously a disagreement I found in this job it's best not to focus on social media posts, to focus on substance.

"There is an important relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom, which continues. But on this question, there obviously is a disagreement."

Mr Falconer assured the special relationship is "in operation all the time", saying Sir Keir and Mr Trump were "working very closely to ensure our friends, our partners, our people are protected".

"The special relationship continues to be important for both sides, and I'm sure it will continue to be so well into the future," he said.

But Camilla refused to let up, turning her focus to Britain's "ill-preparedness" for war and having HMS Dragon not reach the eastern Mediterranean to defend British bases until next week.

The warship was announced to be due to set sail after RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus was hit by an Iranian-made drone, which caused "minimal damage" to the runway, the Foreign Office confirmed.

"In relation to Cyprus, we had pre-positioned a considerable amount of capability into our factory that had been going on since January, including hundreds of Armed Forces personnel, radar, anti-air defence, missiles, F-35s," he told Camilla, saying the Iranian attacks were "particularly reckless".

Nevertheless, Camilla hit back, saying: "We have a Prime Minister accused of dithering and delay, heavily criticised by Donald Trump, with whom he was once thought to be close.

"And we have a situation where we still have our only available warship in dock in Portsmouth, undergoing repairs and still not able to sail."

Mr Falconer argued Sir Keir's response was not "dithering" and he took decisions on initial strikes according to Britain's national interest.

He said: "That's the decision that ultimately flows to a British Prime Minister. It's not for any ally, no matter how close, to decide what's in our interests, it's for us to do so. And that's what we did."

On Camilla's second point, he assured Britons the UK has capability, spanning across important airbases.

He added: "We took a decision in order to provide options for the American Air Force to be able to degrade the ballistic missile launchers in southern Iran more rapidly than they otherwise could.

"That was because they were threatening our friends, our partners and our allies in the region. Now, we were already doing plenty on that, so I wouldn't want your viewers to come away with a misapprehension that the only air defense we have is HMS Dragon. That's simply not true.

"We've been shooting down drones. We've been using very advanced technology to ensure, for example, munitions headed towards potentially UK bases have been disrupted even from the ground.

"There's plenty that the UK has been doing. I'm the MP for Lincoln, which has a very strong RAF presence. I know that RAF personnel right across the region are working night and day to keep our people safe."

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