Rod Stewart Says He's No Longer Friends With Donald Trump: 'I’m Not A Great Fan'

Though they may still remain neighbours, Rod Stewart has claimed he’s no longer friends with US President Donald Trump.

The veteran singer made his comments in a recent interview with Radio Times ahead of his upcoming appearance in the Legends slot at Glastonbury later this month. Once that is out of the way though, he’s currently scheduled to return to America for a run of dates – a prospect that Stewart doesn’t love given who their current Head Of State is.

“I’m not a great fan of Trump. I knew him very, very well. I used to go to his house,” Stewart explains, revealing they both have nearby residences in the state of Florida. “I live literally half a mile away… We’re both on the beach. I used to go to his Christmas parties.

“He’s always been a bit of a man’s man,” he continues. “I liked him for that. But he didn’t, as far as I’m concerned, treat women very well. But since he became President, he became another guy. Somebody I didn’t know.”

While Stewart wasn’t a fan of Trump’s alleged treatment of women, it’s the President’s attitude toward to Israel that means Stewart can’t count Trump as a friend these days.

“No, I can’t any more,” Stewart admits. “As long as he’s selling arms to the Israelis – and he still is. How’s that war ever gonna stop?

“And [the UK] should stop selling them as well. What did [UK Prime Minister Keir] Starmer say yesterday? They dropped the talks on trade? What f***ing difference is that gonna make? Someone’s gotta do something.

“What [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is doing to the Palestinians is exactly what happened to the Jews,” he adds. “It’s annihilation, and that’s all he wants to do – get rid of them all. I don’t know how they sleep at night.”

Stewart’s comments seem relatively on-brand with his approach to global injustices, having previously turned down an offer to perform in Saudi Arabia due to the treatment of “women, the LGBTQ community, [and] the press.“