India, March 4 -- US President Donald Trump sharply criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday, saying his lack of immediate support for US strikes on Iran showed "this is not Winston Churchill we're dealing with".

During a meeting in the Oval Office with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump told reporters that he was very disappointed with Britain.

"This is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with," he said as quoted by Reuters, comparing Keir Starmer with Britain's revered wartime leader.

Trump also criticised Starmer's decision to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, home to the US-UK air base of Diego Garcia, saying they have "been very, very uncooperative with that stupid island".

Earlier too, Trump criti...