Starmer's new stance shows the world is giving Trump the cold shoulder on Iran

Keir Starmer set out his plans to lessen the impact of the war in Iran at a press conference today (Picture: Brook Mitchell/PA Wire)

In the rapidly shifting world of modern geopolitics,it’s easy to let some major events slip from the front of your mind.

For example,less than two months ago we were still in the midst of the crisis that erupted from Donald Trump’s comments on Greenland. Leaders around the world were seriously pondering the possibility of the US invading the territory of a Nato ally.

One person who appears to have forgotten about the enormous panic and stress this caused is… Donald Trump.

With his distractible mind having drifted away from the Far North and towards the Middle East,the US President appears to be expecting those same allies to line up behind him as his war in Iran spirals out of control.

Instead,he has found himself confronting leaders who are only too keen to put clear distance between themselves and the massively unpopular actions of a massively unpopular man.

I watched this first-hand today in the press briefing room of No 9 Downing Street,where Sir Keir Starmer was delivering an update on the situation.

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Metro's senior politics reporter Craig Munro breaks down all the chaos into easy to follow insight,in Metro's politics newsletter Alright,Gov? Sent every Wednesday. Sign up here.Astonishingly,he got through his entire 14-minute speech without mentioning President Trump once. When he spoke about a ‘viable collective plan’ to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,he highlighted his work with the European Parliament – not the US.However,the most explicit rejection came from German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius.‘What does Donald Trump expect,from a handful or two handfuls of European frigates in the Strait of Hormuz that the powerful American Navy cannot accomplish there alone?’ he asked.‘I would think about that very carefully before we take that step,and I see absolutely no reason to do so. It’s not our war. We didn’t start it.’The US President may be about to find out what happens when former friends are less interested in joining his war than cleaning up the mess that results from it.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at .