Trump keeps Starmer out of the loop on Iran

特朗普不让斯塔默了解伊朗事务

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2025-06-24

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Guardian deputy political editor Jessica Elgot on whether the UK government – despite calling for de-escalation for weeks – might be dragged into the turmoil in Iran This episode was recorded before Trump’s announcement late on Monday that Iran and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, can Kirstama keep Britain out of Trump's war in Iran?

  • It was barely a week ago.

  • Kirstama was sitting next to Donald Trump at dinner in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies.

  • I just want to congratulate you.

  • Thank you again, Donald.

  • A really important day for both of us.

  • Great people.

  • Stormer thought the G7 summit had gone well.

  • He'd extracted a US trade deal.

  • This now implements on car tariffs and aerospace.

  • A very good day for both of our countries, a real sign of strength.

  • And persuaded the president to sign a joint statement,

  • calling on Israel and Iran to pull back from all our war.

  • Sure, Trump left early and soon started demanding an unconditional surrender from Iran.

  • But Starmer still thought he'd got through to Trump.

  • Persuaded him that diplomacy and not bombs was the answer to de-escalating further conflict in the Middle East.

  • How wrong he was.

  • A short time ago,

  • the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime.