"It took far too much time. Far too much time. That's probably never happened between our countries before. It sounds like he was worried about the legality. The UK should have immediately allowed Diego Garcia to be used, Trump added, because Iran was responsible for killing a lot of people from your country."
"While Starmer and his ministers did not openly oppose Saturday's initial wave of US-Israeli attacks on Iran, which killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader, they did not allow US forces to use Diego Garcia or any UK airbases because of doubts about the legality of the strikes."
"The Chagos deal, which Trump initially supported before changing his mind, was a very woke thing, the US president argued. The UK government bill to formalise the deal with Mauritius is paused at its final stage in parliament after Trump changed his mind."
Donald Trump expressed disappointment with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the delayed authorization of US forces to use British airbases, particularly Diego Garcia, for attacks on Iran. The UK initially withheld permission due to legal concerns about the strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. After Iran launched retaliatory missile and drone attacks, including one on a UK Cyprus airbase, Starmer reversed the position. Trump argued the UK should have granted immediate access and criticized the Chagos Islands sovereignty transfer to Mauritius as a woke decision, despite initially supporting it. The UK government has paused parliamentary proceedings on the Chagos deal pending US agreement.
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