Overview
- President Trump shared the debut SNL UK cold open on Sunday on Truth Social without a caption.
- The version he posted ended early, omitting a later line where the Starmer character declines to join a war and instead permits US use of British bases.
- The repost followed the UK’s March 20 decision allowing US forces to use RAF facilities for defensive operations against Iranian missile sites threatening ships.
- Downing Street said the two leaders also spoke by phone about reopening the Strait of Hormuz to restart global shipping, with the sequence of the call and the post unclear.
- Trump has escalated public criticism of allies over Iran, calling NATO countries "cowards" and saying Starmer is "not Winston Churchill", as a de facto closure of the strait—which carries about a fifth of the world’s oil—pushes up energy costs.