Donald Trump gives eerie ‘easy target’ threat as he ‘considers joining war on Iran’

Donald Trump has given more insight on whether America plans on joining Israel's war against Iran.

The US president said his patience was 'wearing thin' with Iran after leaving allies at a major global summit amid the escalating conflict.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer - who was at the summit in Canada on Tuesday (17 June) - said he had heard 'nothing' from Trump about America joining the war.

In a post on his Truth social platform, however, the 79-year-old revealed that French President Emmanuel Macron 'mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a "cease fire" between Israel and Iran'.

"Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire. Much bigger than that," he added.

Donald Trump's warning to Iran

Donald Trump has issued an eerie warning to the Iran leader (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Just hours later, Trump said in another post that Iran and suggested that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, was an 'easy target'.

"We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding," he said.

"He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now.

"But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin."

Trump also wrote 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!' on the platform, without any explanation.

Britain's stance on the Iran-Israel conflict

When asked about the prospect of imminent US involvement, he said: "I don’t think anything that the president said either here or elsewhere suggests that.

"I think that the statement really speaks for itself in terms of the shared position of everybody who was here at the G7."

On whether the UK would supports the US if it was to get involved, he added: "On nuclear, Iran’s nuclear programme, I’ve been very clear.

Starmer was asked if the UK would support the US in their stance (Stefan Rousseau - Pool/Getty Images)

"We are deeply concerned about the programme. I certainly do not want Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

"But the thrust of the statement is in accordance with what I was saying on the way out here, which is to de-escalate the situation, and to de-escalate it across the region rather than to escalate it."

Following Trump's posts, Defence Secretary John Healey insisted that the US president was 'leading the calls' for a diplomatic solution.

"I would say that you have seen the UK and the US, and other countries all calling for de-escalation, all calling for renewed diplomacy and you hear President Trump leading the charge and leading the calls for Iran to do a deal," he said at the Royal United Services Institute’s Land Warfare conference.

Why Israel attacked Iran

Israel claimed Iran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons, which was a threat to their national security, and attacked their nuclear infrastructure on Friday (13 June).

The operation killed several senior military figures and nuclear scientists, and as a response, Iran launched some 100 missiles at Israel.

Washington-based group Human Rights Activists said Israeli strikes have killed at least 585 people across Iran and wounded 1,326 others.

Iran said at least 224 Israelis have been killed and 1,277 others wounded.