Starmer ‘Cannot Yield’: Britain Refuses Hormuz Blockade Despite Trump’s Trade Deal Threat
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April 16, 2026
US President Donald Trump threatened to revise the US-UK trade deal after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to support the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the latest sign of a widening rift between Washington and its closest allies over the Iran war. In a phone interview with Sky News, Trump said […]
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