Trump criticizes UK after Starmer announces resignation as Labour leader

WASHINGTON, United States — U.S. President Donald Trump said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is "a good man" but criticized his handling of energy policy, migration and relations with Washington after Starmer announced he would step down as leader of the UK Labour Party. Trump said the United Kingdom was damaging itself by refusing to extract oil from the North Sea and instead importing energy from Norway on environmental grounds. He also accused Starmer of insufficient cooperation with the United States and expressed frustration with the British leader over NATO policy and operations related to Iran. Trump described Starmer's initial reluctance to allow use of the U.S. Agrotura base in Cyprus for operations targeting Iran as a "wrong move." Starmer announced his decision to resign following disappointing results for Labour in local and regional elections. Trump had previously predicted on social media that Starmer would leave office. No further details on the timing of the resignation or a successor were immediately available.