The New Statesman.

Is this the end of the special relationship?

Angry about the lack of support for his war in Iran, Donald Trump stated that he didn't need any help from the UK, despite using British airbases for strikes.

In an angry social media rant, he also called Kirstama

a loser and no Winston Churchill. Just a day later, the two leaders had a call to discuss

military cooperation. Can relations be repaired? And is Westminster telling us the whole story?

You're listening to Daily Politics from the New Statesman, and I'm joined by our US

correspondent Freddie Haywood. Hi, Freddie. Hello, how are we doing? Yeah, all right, thanks. How are you?

Good, good. Now, you've been busy over the past few days talking to a lot of people in the administration

over there, UK officials as well, and you had a chat with Nigel Farage who was over in the

States. And you've written a really enlightening piece about this. To what extent is the UK

supporting or not supporting the US strikes? Because I think we're hearing different things

from both sides of the pond. Well, the government is making this distinction between the

offensive and the defensive strikes, which feels slightly immaterial once the war is actually kicked off. That was key

in the decision about whether they would let the Americans use the British bases for the initial

wave of attacks. But now, essentially, what they're doing is what you'd expect in a normal sort

of situation, normal amount of cooperation between the British and American militaries. The

American airplanes have landed in bases around the world, British bases around the

world. They're using, they're cooperating on targeting for missile strikes, sharing intelligence,

the MOD and the Department of War are working closely together.

So that sort of mechanical way in which our militaries have always worked together is happening.

It's just that we have this very important breakdown of relations between

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