The US President Donald Trump He urged Kir Starmer to export more oil from the North Sea and criticized the United Kingdom’s taxes over mineral fuels in his latest criticism of the prime minister’s policies during his five -day visit to Scotland.
As the United Kingdom moves to more green forms of energy, such as renewable sources and nuclear energy, and is removed from fossil fuels, the government of its labor Star star He said that – despite Donald Trump’s criticism – he will not issue new licenses for oil and gas extraction to North Seaalthough it will honor existing ones. Last year, Labor raised the emergency tax for oil and gas producers from 35%to 38%, raising the industry’s total taxation to 78%, according to Bloomberg.
“Northern sea oil is a treasure for the United Kingdom. However, taxes are so high that it makes no sense, “Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform on Tuesday (29.7.25). “They have essentially told the drillingers and oil companies that ‘we don’t want you’. Incentives to the drillingers, quickly. A huge fortune for the United Kingdom and much lower energy costs for the people! “Continued Donald Trump.
While Starmer and Trump attempted to emphasize their positive cooperation relationship, their differences were sometimes evident during Trump’s trip to Scotland. The two men held a marathon press conference at the President’s Turnberry Golf resort on Monday (28.7.25), in which Trump suggested that the starman reduce taxes, limit immigration and stop crime in the United Kingdom if he wants to defeat the populist Nigel Farage in the next general elections.
Trump also criticized London Mayor Sandik Khan, a star of Starmer at the Labor Party, and managed against the wind turbines, describing them as a “very expensive and ugly source of energy”, which led Starmer to defend her Natural gas will continue to exist for a long time. “