‘Not our war’: Europe says no to TrumpFor a self-described Transatlanticist like German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the language has been unusually blunt. Trump reserved particular scorn for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who he said was “no Winston Churchill”, Britain’s leader during World War Two. “I don’t like to see our Prime Minister be berated by foreign leaders,” Robert Jenrick from Reform UK said. “We are certainly not going to be anybody’s vassals, we ​won’t tolerate any threats and we’ll defend our values,” Deputy Prime Minister Maria Jesus Montero said earlier in March. “Donald Trump started out as a peace president – he will end up as a war president,” its co-leader Tino Chrupalla said.

Source: Daily Nation March 19, 2026 17:14 UTC