Keir Starmer and Donald Trump are at loggerheads over the war in Iran. Downing Street has rejected Donald Trump’s latest claims about the UK’s involvement in the Iran war. The US president said Keir Starmer had initially rejected his request for the Royal Navy to send two aircraft carriers to the region. Trump said the prime minister later changed his mind, but he rebuffed him. He said: “We requested two aircraft carriers which they had. And he didn’t want to do it. “Then right after the war essentially ended, meaning they were obliterated, he said, ‘I would like to send the aircraft carriers’. “I said, ‘I don’t need them after the war was ended and won. I need them before the war’.” However, HuffPost UK has been told that the US has not made any request for aircraft carriers, and that the UK has not offered to send any to the region. The row is yet more evidence of the breakdown in relations between the PM and the president. Starmer has so far resisted Trump’s call for the UK and other countries to send warships to help re-open the Strait of Hormuz to allow oil tankers to once again travel safely through the area. Speaking on Monday, the PM said: “We’re working with all of our allies, including our European partners, to bring together a viable collective plan that can restore freedom of navigation in the region as quickly as possible and ease the economic impacts.” A Downing Street spokesman insisted relations between Starmer and Trump were good. He said: “I’m not going to give a running commentary on everything the president says. As the pensions secretary said yesterday, underneath these comments there’s an enduring close relationship between the United Kingdom and the US. “The prime minister and president speak regularly and have a good relationship. That doesn’t mean we have to agree with the US on everything or support every action they take.” Related... Trump Claims He Spoke To Ex-US President About Iran. All 4 Of His Living Predecessors Deny It. Former US Army General Hits Out At Donald Trump's 'Repulsive' Comments About America's Allies Trump Finds Out That After Insulting Allies Forever, They Don't Feel Like Helping Him