Trump Furious at Starmer’s Ceding Sovereignty Over Chagos Islands to Ally of Communist China, Sources Tell the Sun
British premier due in Washington for a parley with the president, who is said to be ‘livid’ over the deal Sir Keir negotiated.
Members of the Trump administration, on the eve of Prime Minister Starmer’s visit to Washington, are livid over a deal negotiated last year by Sir Keir to transfer Britain’s sovereignty over the Chagos island group to Mauritius, an ally of Communist China. An American-British military base at, Diego Garcia, an atoll in the islands, hosts one of America’s top submarine bases. The issue could rival that of Ukraine.
“I’m hopeful that President Trump will sink this deal as a threat to U.S. national security,” a former aide to Prime Minister Thatcher, Niles Gardiner, tells the Sun, adding that Mr. Trump’s opposition could mean a “game over” for Mr. Starmer’s deal. His deal would transfer British sovereignty over the prized group of islands to Mauritius, “a country that is an increasingly close ally of Communist China,” Mr. Gardiner says.
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