Starmer humiliation as Trump 'ready to tell him off' at G7 over major UK issue

President Donald Trump is set to confront Keir Starmer on immigration when the G7 meets this week, reports suggest. The US president’s challenge to the Prime Minister comes after riots in Belfast that followed an alleged attempted beheading.

A man in his 40s, named locally as Stephen Ogilvie, was left with significant injuries to his face, neck, and back. Hadi Alodid, 30, has been charged with attempted murder and remanded in custody. There was also violent disorder in Southampton after a man was stabbed to death.

GB News reports that European diplomats fear Trump will latch onto the incidents to try and demand stronger action on immigration.

Immigration has been a source of contention between Trump and Starmer, with the US president repeatedly commenting on UK issues.

A senior Trump official warned that European migration serves as a transit route to the USA.

Deputy White House press secretary Anna Kelly said: “Left-wing policies of unfettered migration and destructive globalism have made once great European cities unrecognisable.”

Trump has previously labelled the UK’s migration policies as “horrible” and suggested deploying military resources to halt boat Channel crossings.

The BBC reports that Office for National Statistics (ONS) statistics revealed that 93,525 people claimed asylum in the UK in the year to March 2026, down 12% on the year before. However, these numbers are still well above pre-pandemic figures.

Thousands of protesters are expected in Geneva to protest against the G7, with businesses reportedly closing.

Francoise Nyffeler, spokesman for the NoG7 coalition, told the Associated Press: “We are very afraid of the policy and the politics of Mr Trump and also of the other leaders of the G7, because they are fighting, making war all over the place.”