Starmer has not officially made an announcement about his future.
President Donald Trump said on June 21 that embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will step down.
“Keir Starmer will resign as Prime Minister of The United Kingdom,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on June 21. “He failed badly on two very important subjects—immigration and energy (open North Sea oil!). I wish him well!”
Trump’s post comes on the heels of Britain’s Observer newspaper suggesting Starmer was expected to resign on Monday.
Starmer has not officially made an announcement.
The Epoch Times reached out to the British leader for comment, but did not hear back by publication time.
The prime minister has faced threats to his position in the past few months, most recently when rival Andy Burnham won a seat in parliament on June 19, which could allow him to formally make efforts to oust Starmer as Labour leader and Britain’s prime minister.
Starmer said on Friday that he would not “walk away” from his post if Burnham challenged him.
But support for Starmer’s party has dropped in the two years since he won a landslide election in 2024.
Nearly a quarter of lawmakers in the Labour Party called on him to quit after their party suffered the most local election losses than any governing party in more than three decades. The party lost English local elections and parliamentary votes in Scotland and Wales.
Starmer promised to “deliver change” but there are growing fears in his party that the prime minister may not be able to defeat Nigel Farage from the Reform UK party in a future election.
Reuters contributed to this report.
By Jacki Thrapp
