According to CCTV International News, on March 22 (US Eastern Time), US President Donald Trump posted a clip from the UK edition of the satirical sketch show Saturday Night Live on his social platform Truth Social, mocking British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as being "too afraid to take his calls." In the sketch, the actor portraying Starmer behaves as if he is "so terrified" that he won't answer a call from Trump to discuss Iran, and complains to the actor playing Britain's deputy prime minister, Lammy.
British media commentators said Trump's reposting of the video dealt another blow to the so‑called special relationship between the US and the UK.
Since February 28, the United States and Israel have launched large‑scale military strikes against Iran. Reports note that, compared with the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, US European allies have been relatively reluctant to join this time. Trump has repeatedly posted and publicly complained about NATO allies, calling them "cowards." He has voiced particular dissatisfaction with the UK, once‑staunch ally, saying the "special relationship" is no longer what it used to be and quipping that Starmer "is not Churchill."
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