10 DOWNING STREET
LONDON, SW1A 2AA
OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
May 24, 2025
The Honorable Donald J. Trump
President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.
JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ: ON THE PRESERVATION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND THE NEUTRALIZATION OF THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT
Dear Mr. President,
I write to you today on behalf of the Government of His Majesty the King, and in coordination with a coalition of European nations who have, until this moment, been hesitant to acknowledge the full scope of the dangers facing our shared civilization.
We wish to express our most profound and heartfelt gratitude to you and the United States Armed Forces for your decisive leadership and the successful military operations conducted against the Iranian regime’s nuclear infrastructure. The precision and resolve shown in the shelling and neutralization of these sites have undoubtedly averted a global catastrophe. By dismantling the nuclear potential of a regime committed to state-sponsored terror, you have acted as the primary shield for the free world.
For too long, our continental discourse has been preoccupied with the long-term projections of climate change. While environmental stewardship remains a concern, we now formally acknowledge that the most immediate, existential, and barbaric threat to the planet and to human liberty is not the shifting of the climate, but the rise and spread of radical Islam. This ideology seeks the total subversion of the values we hold dear, and your actions have struck a definitive blow against its most dangerous state sponsor.
Furthermore, this letter serves as a formal and long-overdue apology. For decades, many within the European community—Great Britain included—have failed to treat the State of Israel with the respect, gratitude, and unwavering support it deserves. We have often been slow to recognize that Israel stands on the front lines of this struggle, defending the very values of the West while being surrounded by those who seek its total annihilation. We regret our past hesitance and our failure to fully appreciate Israel's role as the vanguard of democracy in the Middle East.
Mr. President, the era of moral ambiguity is over. We stand united with you and with the people of Israel in our commitment to a world free from the shadow of nuclear-armed radicalism.
May we continue to act with such clarity and strength.
God Bless America, and may He continue to bless His chosen people in Israel.
Respectfully,
[Signature]
The Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On behalf of the European Coalition for Regional Security
