Donald Trump has warned the UK to ditch “unsightly windmills” and ramp up North Sea oil drilling – in a blunt intervention squarely aimed at Sir Keir Starmer’s energy plans. The US President fired off the comments in a post on his Truth Social platform, insisting Britain’s reliance on renewables was pushing up prices.

He said: “Our negotiated deal with the United Kingdom is working out well for all. I strongly recommend to them, however, that in order to get their Energy Costs down, they stop with the costly and unsightly windmills, and incentivise modernised drilling in the North Sea, where large amounts of oil lay waiting to be taken. A century of drilling left, with Aberdeen as the hub. The old fashioned tax system disincentivises drilling, rather than the opposite. UK’s Energy Costs would go WAY DOWN, and fast!

His comments come days after Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed Labour would keep the windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers, hiking the effective rate to 78%.

The move, intended to fund the UK’s transition to net zero, has already prompted US oil giant Apache to announce its departure from the North Sea by 2029.

Mr Trump has long opposed wind farms – and famously launched legal action over turbines near his golf resort in Scotland.

However, his latest intervention signals growing tensions between the two allies over energy security, with the White House pressing for a pro-drilling policy shift from Westminster.

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