Overview
- President Donald Trump shared an SNL UK cold open on Truth Social without comment, featuring a portrayal of Prime Minister Keir Starmer as nervous about speaking to him.
- The skit, from the show’s debut on Sky One, starred George Fouracres as Starmer and Hammed Animashaun as David Lammy, referencing UK reluctance to send more ships to the Strait of Hormuz.
- Outlets noted the version Trump posted was edited, stopping before a later section in which the Starmer character takes a position on joining a war.
- The repost follows weeks of friction as Trump has berated NATO allies over Iran policy, called some "cowards," and said Starmer is "not Winston Churchill," while the UK has permitted limited US use of British bases for defensive operations.
- One outlet reported the two leaders held a roughly 20‑minute phone call discussing efforts to reopen the strait, a detail not broadly corroborated by other reporting.