Britain took far too long to let the United States use its air bases in operations against Iran, US President Donald Trump told the Daily Telegraph, adding he was disappointed in Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s approach to the vital Diego Garcia base. Britain did not let the US use joint bases for Washington’s initial air strikes against Iran, but on Sunday evening, Starmer said he was accepting a US request for their use in any “defensive” strikes against Iranian targets. “That’s probably never happened between our countries before,” Trump said of the disagreement, adding Starmer’s shift in stance took “far too much time”.
