Donald Trump has described Britain’s aircraft carriers as ‘toys’ in his latest swipe at the UK.

Speaking to reporters at the White House on Thursday, the US president said: ‘The British said ‘we’ll send our aircraft carriers’ – which aren’t the best aircraft carriers by the way, they are toys compared to what we have – ‘we’ll send our aircraft carrier when the war is over’. I said ‘that’s wonderful, thank you very much – don’t bother’.

Trump later added, ‘we don’t it, we don’t need them.’ 

The president’s remarks come after Downing Street previously rejected Trump’s claims that it offered to send aircraft carriers to the war. 

Trump has continued his attacks on NATO allies – including Britain – for failing to assist in the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, as the conflict nears its one-month mark. 

The US President previously said that Sir Keir Starmer is ‘no Winston Churchill’ while fuming at the Prime Minister’s reluctance to allow America to use British bases to launch attacks on Tehran.

This is a breaking story; more to follow.