UK Liberal Democrat Ed Davey has said the Iran conflict has strengthened concerns that US President Donald Trump cannot be considered a reliable partner for the UK.
Speaking on LBC, the Liberal Democrat leader criticized Trump’s handling of the situation, describing his recent remarks as “spine-chilling.
Davey was referring to a Truth Social post from Trump threatening to obliterate Iranian “civilization.”
“What we’ve just witnessed is the classic Donald Trump cycle of destruction. He does a really idiotic thing, stupid thing with this war, then he pretends everything’s fine, then he leaves other people to fix it, and he wants us all to praise him,” he said.
“Well surely, we’ve all now seen through Donald Trump. We’ve seen now that he’s not a reliable ally to the UK and I’m afraid a Trump-led White House will no longer be trusted by many of his allies. The Iran war has made the claim much more plausible,” he added.
On Tuesday, Trump announced that he agreed “to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.”
The announcement came less than two hours before a deadline Trump had set for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and accept an agreement or face what he described as the destruction of “a whole civilization.”
Regional tensions escalated after the US and Israel launched a joint offensive against Iran on Feb. 28, killing more than 1,340 people, including then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel as well as Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries hosting US military assets.
Tehran also restricted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which it has agreed to reopen as part of the ceasefire deal.
