WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, shifting his tone once more, warned Britain on Wednesday (Feb 18) to not “give away” a key Indian Ocean base, saying it will be very important if the US assaults Iran.
Trump, who is considering strikes on Iran’s clerical state, spoke hours after the State Division once more provided US help to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s deal to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
Beneath the settlement, Britain would as a substitute pay to lease the strategic joint US-UK base at Diego Garcia for a century.
“Prime Minister Starmer shouldn’t lose management, for any motive, of Diego Garcia, by coming into a tenuous, at greatest, 100 12 months Lease,” Trump wrote on his Fact Social platform.
“This land shouldn’t be taken away from the UK and, whether it is allowed to be, it will likely be a blight on our Nice Ally,” he wrote.
“We’ll all the time be prepared, keen, and in a position to struggle for the UK, however they’ve to stay robust within the face of Wokeism, and different issues put earlier than them. DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO GARCIA!”
Trump’s envoys on Tuesday held new negotiations with Iran, demanding that the clerical authorities – which final month killed 1000’s of individuals in a crackdown on mass demonstrations – comply with main concessions on considerations beginning with its nuclear programme.
