Trump Tells Starmer 'do Not Give Away Diego Garcia' In Fresh Chagos Attack - Beritaja

Donald Trump has said Sir Keir Starmer is "making a large mistake" pinch the Chagos Islands deal.

In a station connected his Truth Social platform, the US president warned against the nonaccomplishment of the US-UK subject guidelines connected Diego Garcia, which the UK is retaining done a 99-year lease of the island.

Trump wrote: "Our narration pinch the United Kingdom is simply a beardown and powerful one, and it has been for galore years, but premier curate Starmer is losing power of this important Island by claims of entities ne'er known of before.

"In our opinion, they are fictitious successful nature."

He went connected to opportunity that if Iran does not make a bid woody pinch the US, "it whitethorn beryllium basal for the United States to usage Diego Garcia", arsenic good arsenic RAF Fairford successful Gloucestershire, to "eradicate a imaginable onslaught by a highly unstable and vulnerable Regime - An onslaught that would perchance beryllium made connected the United Kingdom, arsenic good arsenic different friends Countries".

"Prime Minister Starmer should not suffer control, for immoderate reason, of Diego Garcia, by entering a tenuous, astatine best, 100 Year Lease," Mr Trump continued.

"This onshore should not beryllium taken distant from the U.K. and, if it is allowed to be, it will beryllium a blight connected our Great Ally. We will ever beryllium ready, willing, and capable to conflict for the U.K., but they person to stay beardown successful the look of Wokeism, and different problems put earlier them.

"DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO GARCIA!"

The Chagos Islands are an archipelago successful the Indian Ocean, pinch the land of Diego Garcia location to a associated UK-US subject base.

The islands are an overseas territory of the UK, but aft the UK mislaid a tribunal lawsuit complete the sovereignty of the islands, the authorities agreed to cede the islands to Mauritius.