JAV prezidentas Donaldas Trumpas (Donaldas Trampas) pareiškė, kad Jungtinės Karalystės (JK) ministras pirmininkas Keiras Starmeris (Kiras Starmeris) padarė neteisingą pasirinkimą nepalaikydamas Vašingtono dėl karo Artimuosiuose Rytuose.

Reaguodamas į žinias, kad Prancūzija neprisijungs prie operatyvinės grupės Hormūze, kol nesibaigs karo veiksmai, JAV prezidentas Donaldas Trumpas sakė, kad Emmanuelio Macrono tuoj nebebus poste.

European leaders are hesitant to help Trump secure the Strait of Hormuz, but they know inaction on the Iran war is not really an option.

The war-torn country is battling to secure crucial funding from the IMF and EU, as well as putting up taxes.

The Chancellor has set out the government's plan for economic growth, which also includes closer ties to the EU.

Lenders have hiked rates on new deals and withdrawn products as war creates uncertainty in the markets.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday fumed at longtime American allies he says aren’t doing enough to help the U.S. and Israel in their war against Iran, now arguing that their assistance was never needed after spending days publicly requesting their help. “Because of the fact that we have had such Military Success, we no longer ‘need,’ or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID!” he wrote on Truth Social. “Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE!” America’s top allies have largely resisted the president’s calls to take on an active role in the Middle East war, which the U.S. and Israel launched in February, arguing Iran presented an imminent threat. In recent days, Trump has repeatedly asked global allies — and some geopolitical foes, including China — for help securing the Strait of Hormuz. The waterway is key for trade, and disruptions to the international energy market have sent oil prices spiking. International leaders largely rebuffed those calls from the president. “We did not start this war,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Monday. Trump’s push for European assistance was tantamount to “blackmail,” Luxembourg’s Deputy Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said to reporters. French President Emmanuel Macron panned the strikes on Iran as illegal just days after the conflict began. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the U.K. “will not be drawn into a wider war” in the region. In the meantime, some domestic Trump allies worry that securing the Strait of Hormuz and jump-starting the global oil trade could require sending American troops into Iran. The president, who has long sown doubt in the value of NATO and mused about pulling the U.S. out of the alliance, on Sunday cautioned that NATO allies faced a “very bad future” if they refrained from aiding U.S. efforts to reopen the waterway. But their reticence did not come as a shock, he wrote on his social media platform Tuesday. “I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need,” Trump said. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a key proponent of the operation in Iran and a close allies of the president, said he spoke to the president over the phone on Tuesday. Graham wrote on X Tuesday that “never heard him so angry in my life.” “I share that anger given what’s at stake,” he said. “The arrogance of our allies to suggest that Iran with a nuclear weapon is of little concern and that military action to stop the ayatollah from acquiring a nuclear bomb is our problem not theirs is beyond offensive.”

LONDON — Brexit was “a colossal mistake” and the U.K. should rejoin the European Union, Alexander Stubb said Tuesday.   But instead of waiting for that to happen, London and Brussels should work together now to deepen their relationship in key areas such as defense and intelligence sharing, trade and access to the single market, and technology and innovation, the Finnish president said.  Speaking at the Chatham House think tank during a visit to London, he said the chaotic state of the world in which the old, rules-based order no longer holds should prompt a radical rethink of the EU-U.K. relationship.  “I think Brexit was a colossal mistake,” said former London student Stubb, who has a British wife and children with dual nationality. “I am too diplomatic to express exactly what I think about those who promoted Brexit during the campaign, and those who still say that Brexit is a good thing … But I do think it’s not only shooting yourself in the foot, but it’s like amputating your leg without medical reason for doing it.”  Stubb said he recognized that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not aim to rejoin the EU but argued that Brits and Europeans should be “pragmatic” now and show flexibility on both sides.  Negotiations have been ongoing over moves toward deepening the partnership between London and Brussels since Starmer’s Labour won power in 2024, but progress has been held back over disagreements over youth mobility programs, student fees and how much the U.K. should pay to take part in an arms investment package.  “We need a U.K. voice in Europe. We really miss you guys,” Stubb said. “I should probably express my view that it took you seven years to negotiate yourselves out of the EU, it will take you seven years to regret it, and then seven years to come back in. I hope.” Stubb said British membership of the EU’s customs union should be possible, alongside participation in the single market. Red lines during years of Brexit negotiations meant the U.K. left both structures five years ago, under a bare bones deal that Boris Johnson negotiated.  “We need to be super pragmatic,” he said, instead of Europeans thinking they should “continue to punish” the U.K. for leaving the bloc. “Get out of the mindset that the U.K. should not be a part of the customs union, or the U.K. should not be a part of the internal market. Think about a flexible way of dealing with it.” More broadly, Stubb suggested the EU should reform its structures to allow more flexibility in the way member countries work together, and work with states that are not formal members of the EU.  He said Iceland is renewing its interest in becoming a member, he’d like to see Norway join the bloc, and he joked to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that Canada should also take a look at EU membership when the pair went running together on Tuesday morning in London. 

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