"Nigel Farage is set to meet Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago mansion on Friday to discuss Sir Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands deal, as the war in the Middle East escalates. Mr Trump has dramatically U-turned on his support for Sir Keir's controversial agreement in recent weeks, at one point describing it as an act of great stupidity."
"Since then, ministers have insisted that discussions over handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius are continuing, with the government insisting the deal is necessary to secure the future of the crucial UK-US Diego Garcia military base."
"Mr Farage, who has long opposed the Chagos deal and dubbed it a surrender treaty, told an event in Westminster on Thursday that he would discuss it at Mr Trump's estate in Florida. We think this is the central plan for this government's foreign policy and we are beating them back."
Nigel Farage is scheduled to meet Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday to discuss the UK government's Chagos Islands agreement with Mauritius. Trump has reversed his earlier support for the deal, calling it an act of great stupidity. The UK government maintains the agreement is necessary to secure the Diego Garcia military base, crucial to UK-US relations. Farage has consistently opposed the deal, labeling it a surrender treaty and the worst deal in history. He stated at a Westminster event that the government's foreign policy centers on this deal and that opposition efforts are succeeding. The meeting occurs as tensions escalate in the Middle East.
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