President Trump expresses distrust and dissatisfaction with the UK... Mentions of the Falklands, Iran, and Ukraine wars

US President Donald Trump repeatedly expressed distrust and dissatisfaction toward the UK, a European ally and partner, on the 3rd (local time).

In an interview with Britain's GB News broadcast that day, President Trump told the interviewer, "Your country has changed a lot," adding, "You are on the edge of disaster."

According to the AP news agency, he particularly avoided giving a clear answer when asked whether he would side with the UK if the Falklands, a British overseas territory in South America that was once the subject of a territorial dispute that escalated into war with Argentina, were attacked again.

Instead of answering the Falklands question, President Trump brought up the war with Iran, shooting back, "Even though you get a significant percentage of your oil through the Strait of Hormuz, you didn't step up to help me," RIA Novosti reported.

Regarding President Trump's response, the AP reported, "Trump raised doubts about whether the US would support the UK in the event of a conflict over the Falklands, which Argentina claims sovereignty over and the UK effectively controls," adding that it "injected new tension into a long-standing territorial dispute."

This is interpreted as taking into account the position of Argentine President Javier Milei, who joined his 'right-wing alliance,' while also reflecting President Trump's worldview, which places little weight on the value of traditional allies and partnerships.

President Trump also shared an anecdote from the Iran war, where he asked allies, including the UK, to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz, but then-British Prime Minister Keir Starmer declined, saying there were no ships available to deploy for the operation.

He also criticized the British government's suspended plan to hand over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean—home to a joint US-UK airbase—to Mauritius, calling it "terrible" and saying, "You're handing it over to people who shouldn't have it."

He added, "You have a massive immigration problem, and you have a massive energy problem. Your energy costs are three, four times higher than they should be."

He went on to claim, "If you can't stop people from pouring into your country from all over the world, you're not going to have a country left."

Referring to the mass border crossing incident at the border between Morocco and Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa, President Trump said, "In some ways, it's an invasion of a country," adding, "It's worse than a military invasion."

He then urged that "NATO needs to get smart fast," criticizing European countries for their weak response to illegal immigration.

Regarding the Iran war, President Trump claimed, "It won't take that long. We've essentially won already because they can't have nuclear weapons."

On the war between Russia and Ukraine, he emphasized, "The level of hostility between the two leaders (Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) is keeping that war from ending," but added, "I think we will get it done (reach a peace agreement)."