Every time Trump has attacked Starmer over the Iran war - as PM vows to not back down

Sir Keir Starmer says Donald Trump is seeking to "put pressure on me in different ways" - but has insisted that he won't "buckle under pressure".

Speaking to Sky News' political editor Beth Rigby, the prime minister said he "wanted a good relationship" with the US president and still does, but vowed he is "not going to waver" on the issue of getting more involved in the Iran war. In an exclusive interview for the Electoral Dysfunction podcast on Thursday, Sir Keir said: "That pressure isn't going to make me waver.

It's not going to make me abandon my principles or values. And that's just the way I am.

That is not new. Politics latest - follow live "I'm not going to waver on this.

I'm not going to back down... I'm not going to get dragged into the war...

I'm not going to buckle under pressure and that's the long and the short of it." ???? Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app ???? So, how many times has Donald Trump attacked the prime minister over his stance on the Iran war, and what has he said? By our count, the president has launched criticisms of the PM on at least nine different days, either on social media or to journalists. Here's a summary of Mr Trump's remarks: 20 January - 'an act of great stupidity' Mr Trump's criticisms of the prime minister about the conflict started before the war even began on 28 February.

The president launched an unprovoked attack on the UK government's deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius, because he wanted to use the joint UK-US base on the island of Diego Garcia, to launch attacks on Iran. Writing on Truth Social, Mr Trump warned Sir Keir was giving away the Chagos Islands "FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER.