Trump shares SNL skit mocking Starmer as he speaks to UK PM over Iran war

by | Mar 23, 2026 | World

United States President Donald Trump has shared a Truth Social video of a TV comedy skit showing a panicked United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer trying to avoid his call, on the same evening the two leaders spoke about the US-Israel war on Iran.The skit, aired on the premiere of the new British version of Saturday Night Live (SNL), adapted from the long-running US show, shows Starmer, played by George Fouracres, panicking inside 10 Downing Street at the prospect of a call with Trump.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listStarmer turns to a fake David Lammy, his deputy prime minister, and says, “What if Donald shouts at me?”When Trump picks up the phone, Starmer immediately hangs up, asking why it is so difficult to talk to “that scary, scary, wonderful president”.“Sir, just be honest and tell him we can’t send any more ships to the Strait of Hormuz,” Lammy says, the vital shipping lane effectively blocked by Iran since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28.“I just want to keep him happy, Lammy. You don’t understand him like I do – I can change him,” Starmer says.Trump did not post any comment alongside the video.Trump has lashed out at his NATO allies, including Starmer, for not joining the US efforts to break the de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percen …

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