Priceless: Starmer Tries Weaseling Behind Podium, So Trump Dismisses Him Like a 4-Year-Old Who Drank Too Much Juice

Monday marked a historic and long-awaited moment in the Middle East — the official ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, ending two years of bloodshed and chaos. While the day carried a somber weight, it also brought relief and vindication: peace for the innocent, justice for the guilty, and, in one notably satisfying moment, a dose of humble pie for one of the West’s weakest leaders — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

In a scene that’s already circulating across social media, President Donald J. Trump, who presided over the summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, managed to remind the world exactly who leads and who follows on the global stage.

As Trump introduced international dignitaries in alphabetical order, Starmer — the last to be named — was left visibly squirming, clearly expecting his turn to speak. Just as he leaned forward, anticipating his moment in front of the cameras, President Trump stepped back to the microphone and kept going, cutting him off entirely.

Far from a “childish” move, it was a calculated and symbolic display — one that underscored Starmer’s diminished credibility after his government’s controversial decision to recognize Palestine as a state last month, even as Hamas continued its brutal control of Gaza.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the summit was intended to “spur momentum for a broader postwar settlement,” ensuring Hamas is fully excluded from the Palestinian political structure before any talk of a two-state solution resumes. That’s a point of policy Starmer seems to have missed entirely.

Last month, he declared the U.K. was acting “to keep alive the possibility of peace and a two-state solution,” according to the BBC — though he insisted the move was “not a reward for Hamas.” But his words rang hollow: half of the territory he “recognized” remains under Hamas’s iron-fisted rule.

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly noted:

“You are giving a huge reward to terrorism.”

The recognition decision fractured unity among Western allies and risked undermining President Trump’s carefully brokered ceasefire framework — one that handed power in Gaza to an international oversight body rather than allowing Hamas any future role.

Starmer’s misstep didn’t go unnoticed in Sharm El-Sheikh. As President Trump continued his introductions, he lightened the mood with offhand remarks to other leaders — calling Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “beautiful” and joking that Saudi Arabia “always gets the best seat — he deserves it.”

By contrast, Starmer looked down, avoided eye contact, and fidgeted. Meloni, clearly aware of what was unfolding, could barely suppress her laughter. Trump’s message was unmistakable: the adults are back at the table — and Starmer isn’t one of them.

When Trump later quipped that he had “a couple” of leaders present he didn’t particularly like — and “a few” he didn’t like at all — the audience laughed. But few doubted who he was referring to.

It was a moment of political theater and diplomatic dominance — one that perfectly captured the new balance of power in the post-ceasefire Middle East.

For Starmer, the humiliation capped a month of strategic failure. After betting that the Israel-Hamas war would drag on indefinitely, he prematurely recognized a “Palestine” still half-run by terrorists. Now, with Hamas’s leverage shattered and an international coalition — under Trump’s leadership — charting Gaza’s future, Starmer finds himself isolated and irrelevant.

As one British commentator quipped online, “He made a deal with terror — and terror surrendered.”