President Trump will hold a press conference with British Prime Minister Starmer in ten minutes.
According to the Financial Times, British Prime Minister Starmer alerted the cabinet to a possible US attack on Iran, just 24 hours after insisting that Trump had not said he would "get involved in this conflict". British officials said the situation was "serious and volatile", while the prime minister's team discussed whether Trump might seek to secure access from Diego Garcia's joint US-UK air force base.
British Prime Minister Starmer: Very confident that US tariffs will be reduced in a very short period of time.
British Prime Minister Starmer: We will seek the best possible deal with the United States.
Trump praised British Prime Minister Starmer's "hard work", arguing that there is a good chance that the two countries will reach a trade deal, at which point tariffs will be unnecessary. Click to view...