Trump slams UK deal to hand over Chagos Islands after he previously backed it

Key Highlights

• “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,” he said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.
• “There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness.” “The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired,” he added.
• The United Kingdom and Mauritius signed a deal in May to give Mauritius sovereignty over the islands, though the U. K.
• will lease back Diego Garcia where the US base is located, for at least 99 years.