"President Trump deployed words on Chagos yesterday that were different to his previous words of welcome and support, he went on, saying the US leader deployed those words yesterday for the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles, on the future of Greenland. He wants me to yield on my position, and I'm not going to do so."
"In a post on his Truth Social platform overnight on Tuesday, Trump reversed previous US backing for the deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a plan intended to secure the future of the major UK-US airbase on one of the islands in the Indian Ocean archipelago, Diego Garcia. 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, he wrote, amid a flurry of posts about Greenland."
Trump reversed prior US backing for a deal transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, highlighting Diego Garcia as a vital US-UK military base. Trump criticized the UK on social media for planning to hand Diego Garcia to Mauritius and called the move "GREAT STUPIDITY," while also posting about Greenland and potential tariffs on European countries that had sent troops to Greenland. Keir Starmer framed Trump's Chagos comments as deliberate pressure to force the UK to soften its position on Greenland and pledged not to yield to that pressure, criticizing Conservative responses.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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