Donald Trump blasted the UK’s deal to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as he accused Britain of “total weakness”.
He wrote on his Truth Social platform: “Shockingly, our ‘brilliant’ Nato Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital US Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER.
“There is little doubt that China and Russia have observed this act of whole weak point. These are International Powers who solely recognise STRENGTH, which is why the United States of America, below my management, is now, after just one yr, revered like by no means earlier than.
“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.”
Diego Garcia, the most important of the Chagos Islands – a small archipelago within the Indian Ocean – is dwelling to a strategically essential navy base collectively utilized by the US and the UK.
Britain has paid Mauritius to lease again Diego Garcia and the bottom for at the very least 99 years below the phrases of the deal.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2159946/politics-live-nigel-farage-chagos-islands-deal