Trump warns of Starmer’s departure: The British prime minister “will resign” after criticism over immigration and energy

Donald Trump said on Sunday that Keir Starmer is headed for departure from the post of prime minister of the United Kingdom, as numerous reports about such a scenario have been circulating in the British media for days.

In a message on Truth Social, the American president wrote: “Keir Starmer will resign as prime minister of the United Kingdom”, but offered no source or further explanation for the claim.

According to the British news agency PA, since their meeting at the G7 summit held earlier in the week, Trump and Starmer have had no further communication.

In the same post, Trump attacked the British prime minister’s approach, singling out immigration and energy as two issues on which, in his view, Starmer has failed.

“He failed badly on two very important issues, immigration and energy,” Trump wrote, as he also repeated his call to expand the exploitation of oil and gas reserves in the North Sea.

From Downing Street, a spokesperson recalled Starmer’s latest statement, in which he said on Friday that he remains committed to his duties at the head of the government.

“There is still a lot of work to do and that is what I am focused on. That is what I was elected for, to serve my country,” Starmer said.

Meanwhile, British Business Secretary Peter Kyle told the BBC that Starmer is assessing the “political realities” of the moment and will act according to what he considers the country’s best interest.

In recent days, speculation about Starmer’s political future has intensified, while British media report that he may make his decision public as early as Monday.