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Donald Trump has withdrawn his backing for Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal because he has not received UK approval to use its military bases for a US strike on Iran, it has been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

  • fox2263English
    75·
    6 days ago

    There’s no coalition this time. You’re on your own murca (well you’ve got your boyfriend Israel but they’re a bit tied up massacring children at the moment)

    • D_C@sh.itjust.works
      61·
      6 days ago

      Unfair to Israel. They are also massacring women, the unarmed, the injured, the red cross etc etc. They are massacring or killing just about everybody. So please be fair to their efforts and not just limit them to children!!

      • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        32·
        6 days ago

        Their snipers activelly target children in Gaza and they activelly supported their boy Epstein with his sex ring using children.

        There’s clearly a very special relationship between Israel and children.

      • FauxLiving
        14·
        6 days ago

        Looks like they recently killed a 19 year old American citizen too, but he was brown so they will get away with it

    • UnderpantsWeevilEnglish
      9·
      5 days ago

      There’s no coalition this time.

      The US is allied with a host of Middle Eastern dictatorships and monarchies

    • ModCen@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      Quite right. The Trump administration are the ones who decided they don’t need allies. Fine, then there is no obligation for America’s old allies to help America.

      Maybe there should be an official alliance between America’s old allies: Europe, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, etc. A big free trade area with Americans excluded.