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Kemi Badenoch has slammed Keir Starmer for being “out of his depth” on the world stage after the Prime Minister was humiliated by Donald Trump. She mentioned the US President was “dead right” to accuse the Labour chief of “great stupidity” and “weakness” for surrendering the Chagos Islands.

And Mrs Badenoch warned that the Prime Minister has put British safety in jeopardy by giving the inexperienced gentle for a brand new Chinese mega-embassy. Writing solely within the Daily Express, she mentioned: “The fact is that Keir Starmer and his Labour Government are completely out of their depth in the new international order. “They are weak in a world that increasingly cares only about strength.”

It got here as Mr Trump misplaced persistence with Sir Keir over his resistance to the president’s try and seize Greenland, unleashing a ferocious social media assault which left the UK-US “special relationship” dangling by a thread.

As a dramatic day continued at breakneck velocity, the Prime Minister risked scary Mr Trump additional by permitting China’s new embassy to be inbuilt London regardless of safety fears.

The Government signed off the plans for the positioning within the face of livid opposition from many MPs and warnings it is going to be used as a “spy hub”.

Critics accused the Prime Minister – who is anticipated to go to China this month – of missing the “backbone” to face as much as Beijing and of “kowtowing” to the communist superpower.

Documents launched alongside the choice confirmed MI5 warned that it’s “not realistic to expect to be able wholly to eliminate each and every potential risk”.

The determination was introduced shortly after Mr Trump had condemned Sir Keir for “giving away” the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a rustic that’s seen as an ally of China.

The US President mentioned handing the British Indian Ocean Territory, which incorporates the UK-US army base on Diego Garcia, was an indication of “total weakness”.

Ministers have insisted the deal is critical as a result of worldwide courtroom rulings in favour of Mauritian claims to the islands had threatened the way forward for the bottom.

The Government has agreed at hand over the islands however can pay billions of kilos to lease again the strategically-important Diego Garcia.

In a rare assault on his Truth Social website, Mr Trump mentioned: “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.

“There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness.”

Mrs Badenoch added that the Prime Minister’s Chagos deal will price UK taxpayers £35billion in reparations.

“It is not in the national interest. It is a good deal for China and Russia,” she mentioned.

Reform UK chief Nigel Farage mentioned Mr Trump had “vetoed the surrender” of the Chagos islands”.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp blamed Sir Keir for “selling out our national security” in his eagerness to “kowtow” to China.

“Keir Starmer has become Peking’s poodle,” he added.

The Government signed a treaty final May to return sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius, following long-running negotiations began below the earlier Tory administration after a 2019 advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice mentioned the UK ought to cede management.

As properly as establishing a £40 million fund for Chagossians expelled from the islands, the UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at the least £120 million yearly in the course of the 99-year settlement, with the full price in nominal phrases set to succeed in round £35 billion.

Mr Trump highlighted the Chagos determination as a motive for his continued pursuit of Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous a part of the Kingdom of Denmark.

“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.

Mr Trump additionally shared a mock-up picture of himself planting the US flag on Greenland in his newest menace to grab the coveted Danish island.

The US president vowed there’s “no going back” on his takeover plans – with scrambling European leaders now set to face him for crunch talks within the Swiss city of Davos on Wednesday.

The divide between America and Europe has rattled monetary markets in response to Mr Trump’s tariff threats.

Sir Keir led a Cabinet dialogue concerning the disaster whereas Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey warned the tensions would have penalties for international monetary stability.

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen warned the EU may hit again on the US in an “unflinching” manner if Mr Trump carried out his tariff menace, risking a transatlantic commerce battle.

Mr Trump has threatened to hit the UK and different European allies with 10% tariffs from February 1 except they comply with his buy of Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, and he has refused to rule out utilizing army power to grab the island.

The US president has warned that Russia and China pose a nationwide safety danger from the Arctic and has claimed Denmark is incapable of defending Greenland.

The FTSE 100 index in London fell, with comparable declines in different European exchanges and the US.

The Bank of England governor instructed MPs: “The level of geopolitical uncertainty and geopolitical issues is a big consideration because they can have financial stability consequences.”

At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Chancellor Rachel Reeves referred to as for cool heads as Europe and the US teetered on the sting of a commerce battle.