"President Donald Trump urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to abort a lease deal for the island of Diego Garcia, saying it would be a blight on the United Kingdom and make it harder for the U.S. to leverage its military base and eradicate a potential attack from Iran. The president made his plea in a Truth Social post on Wednesday."
"Trump said he was not a fan of the UK entering a tenuous, at best 99-year deal to lease a joint U.S.-U.K. military base on the island, located in the middle of the Indian Ocean; the deal is part of a larger agreement in which Britain is giving control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Our relationship with the United Kingdom is a strong and powerful one, and it has been for many years,"
President Donald Trump urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to abort a lease deal for Diego Garcia, calling it a blight on the United Kingdom and harmful to U.S.-U.K. military leverage. He posted on Truth Social and warned against giving away the island. Trump criticized a proposed 99-year lease that would place control of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius while leasing the joint U.S.-U.K. base. He argued the lease could limit use of Diego Garcia and the Fairford airfield in a potential response to Iran, and called the base vital to protect allied countries. The U.S. State Department supports the lease but seeks a bilateral agreement guaranteeing continued U.S. use.
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