Washington DC: Donald Trump says the UK’s plan to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is an “an act of GREAT STUPIDITY”.
The US president revealed his apparent change of heart in a post on Truth Social
He says the deal – in which the UK would lease a military base on the territory, while handing over sovereignty – is one of the reasons he wants the US to take over Greenland.He writes: “Shockingly, our “brilliant” NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER”.
The Trump administration has previously backed the deal – in May, Secretary of State Marco Rubio called it a “monumental achievement”.Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the 99-year lease on the UK-US military base, after sovereignty is handed over, will cost the UK £101m a year.This is massively embarrassing – even humiliating – for Sir Keir Starmer.
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