Trump says he saved Britain from an Iranian nuclear attack and again lashes out at Europe

Donald Trump says Britain owes its safety from an Iranian nuclear attack to the war he launched with Israel against Iran on Feb. 28. In an interview with the conservative British broadcaster GB News, the U.S. president used the claim to criticize London once again for staying out of the conflict.

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I’m saving your country from the problem too. Because if Iran had a nuclear weapon, it is more likely to use it in Europe.

Trump argued that Iran’s missiles could reach Europe but not the United States. “I’m saving your country from the problem too. Because if Iran had a nuclear weapon, it is more likely to use it in Europe,” he said. “I’m saving your country from the problem because they would use it.” Tehran has denied for decades that it seeks a nuclear arsenal.

The president also suggested that Washington could stop supporting Britain over the Falkland Islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas, after the former Labour prime minister Keir Starmer’s government hesitated to enter the war. “Don’t forget, a lot of your oil comes through the Strait of Hormuz, and you weren’t there to help me,” Trump said.

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I’m saving your country from the problem because they would use it.

He renewed his warnings about immigration and British energy policy, saying Britain faced “destruction” if it did not stop people arriving in large numbers. Trump claimed some parts of London and Paris had become places where even police did not want to go, describing Khan as a “dirty guy” and a “very bad mayor.”

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Don’t forget, a lot of your oil comes through the Strait of Hormuz, and you weren’t there to help me.

A source close to Khan responded through the Press Association, accusing Trump of having an “obsession” with the mayor. Crime indicators had fallen across London, the source said, while violent crime was lower than in any major U.S. city. London remained “a diverse, multicultural and thriving global city.”

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