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Donald Trump has withdrawn his backing for Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal because he has not received UK approval to use its military bases for a US strike on Iran, it has been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

  • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    11·
    1 day ago

    Trump:

    Should Iran decide not to make a Deal, it may be necessary for the United States to use Diego Garcia, and the Airfield located in Fairford, in order to eradicate a potential attack by a highly unstable and dangerous Regime

    Can someone please do that to us.

    • Dragomus@lemmy.world
      52·
      19 hours ago

      Ah yes, potential attack! It’s like a repackaging of the WMD argument…
      Not that I doubt Iran’s crazed potential in the least, but currently the only potential attack comes from the US to cover up domestic sewage…
      What will be the first target, “one way or another”-Greenland or Iran?