Barack Obama says David Cameron allowed Libya to become a ‘s*** show’

Unprecedented attack by serving US President claims UK was ‘distracted’

Barack Obama has sharply criticised David Cameron for the UK’s role in allowing Libya to become a “sh*t show” after the fall of the dictator Muammar Gaddafi, in an unprecedented attack on a British leader by a serving US President.

Mr Obama said that following a successful military intervention to aid rebels during the 2011 Arab Spring revolt, Libya was left to spiral out of control – due largely to the inaction of America’s European allies.

In a candid US magazine interview, Mr Obama said: “When I go back and I ask myself what went wrong… there’s room for criticism, because I had more faith in the Europeans, given Libya’s proximity, being invested in the follow-up.”