The US president’s renewed criticism of the Chagos deal is reportedly because he is being blocked from using UK bases for a strike on Iran.

Trump’s renewed criticism of the Chagos deal is reportedly because he is being blocked from using UK bases for a strike on Iran.

Donald Trump has withdrawn his backing for Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal because he has not received UK approval to use its military bases for a US strike on Iran, it has been reported.

The US president attacked the agreement to hand sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius and lease back the Diego Garcia joint UK-US military base as “a big mistake”.

His latest U-turn on his previous support for the deal is because of the UK Government’s refusal to give the White House the green light to use the Diego Garcia base or RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire for a potential military campaign against Iran, according to the Times.

  • supamanc@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    There is a difference between a (somewhat) (maybe) spontaneous protest the the wider community is involved in, and treason. Supporting a foreign power in an invasion is going to get you and your entire extended friends and family group executed after a stay being tortured in a dungeon.

    • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Addressing an estimated 250,000 people in Munich, Reza Pahlavi - who has called for the overthrow of Iran’s Islamic regime - denounced a crackdown on recent protests there

      https://feddit.org/post/25854413

      Some people want the Shah back.