Trump humiliates Starmer and Blair in bad day for centrist dads

In 2006, George W. Bush infamously embarrassed Tony Blair by yelling “Yo, Blair” at him. It wasn’t the informality which made this incident humiliating; it was the fact it perfectly encapsulated the so-called ‘special relationship’ between the UK and US. This wasn’t a relationship of equals, and it hadn’t been for some time. When America hollered, the UK came running. Donald Trump and Keir Starmer have had ‘Yo Blair’ moments of their own, with the latest being this:

WATCH: Trump asked, “Where is the UK?”

Starmer raised his hand. Trump called him to the stage, making him think he was going to speak.

Starmer approached the podium. “It’s nice that you’re here,” Trump said, then sent him back, offending Starmer. pic.twitter.com/Y67s4JGmEM

— Clash Report (@clashreport) October 13, 2025

For good measure, Trump also humiliated Tony Blair in a separate incident.

Yo, Starmer

In the video above, Trump asks:

Where’s United Kingdom?

Starmer responds as if he’s in a pantomime, chirping:

I’m behind you.

He was literally right there too. It’s unclear if this is further evidence that Trump has dementia or an instance of Starmer’s forgettableness; either way, Trump sounds incredibly tired as he says “come here”, before asking “everything going good?” Starmer responds “very good”, with Trump telling him “it’s very nice that you’re here”.

While this exchange sounds pleasant enough, Trump proceeds to drop a hydrogen bomb of awkwardness by turning away from Starmer and continuing his train of thought, leaving Starmer just standing there like a lemon.

What does he do next?

He slowly shuffles around and limply walk backs into position while Giorgia Meloni and Mark Carney strain to look neutral.

This is what the scene looks like after he returns to his position – Starmer seemingly crestfallen while his peers looks like they’re trying not to laugh:

This is how things looked beforehand:

Of course, you can definitely read too much into these things.

Maybe Meloni and Carney were remembering a funny joke, while Starmer was thinking about how he provided military support to an ongoing genocide and may end up in the Hague.

Regardless of the truth, it’s definitely a ‘Yo, Blair’ moment in that it perfectly encapsulates the special relationship in 2025. The US barely remembers that we’re there even when we’re obviously and painfully right there.

In response to these harrowing scenes, people noted the following:

Imagine going from the world’s most powerful empire to whatever this is in just a few decades. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

The way Sir Kier happily and eagerly jumps up when called, then slinks back once quickly dismissed, all by someone who doesn’t know his name….pic.twitter.com/1IYirFC3ph

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 13, 2025

it’s a crowded field but i think this might be the most pathetic britain has ever looked https://t.co/2HXa4ZmlG9

— milo edwards (@Milo_Edwards) October 14, 2025

No Blair

As promised, Trump also managed to embarrass Blair after embarrassing Starmer with the following exchange:

Donald Trump has cast doubt on the appointment of former UK prime minister Tony Blair to a Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ by telling reporters on Air Force One that he wants to find out if ‘Tony would be popular with all’ in the Middle East.

Gaza latest 🔗 https://t.co/C301Bd67jE pic.twitter.com/LhjByXcO7R

— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 13, 2025

Translation: ‘the war-monger/criminal Tony Blair is absolutely not popular enough in the Middle East, and we need to back away from our plan to make him the viceroy of Palestine‘.

This was at least less embarrassing than what he subjected Starmer to, but only because Blair wasn’t lurking in the background when he said it.

Trump, Starmer, and repetition

The saying goes that ‘history repeats itself, first as tragedy and second as farce’. We were well into the farce stage with Bush and Blair; as such, it makes sense that what we’re seeing now is so far beyond farcical.

Schadenfreude aside, it’s important to remember that the bufoonish actions of these grotesque clowns have real-life consequences. The ceasefire is a welcome end to the genocide, but it’s also just the beginning:

Exactly this. This is what we need to continue fighting for until a free Palestine https://t.co/1enqDRZlDw

— Abubaker Abed (@AbubakerAbedW) October 11, 2025

Featured image via Clash Report