Trump calls UK's Chagos deal with Mauritius 'stupid' and 'weak'

Federaţia Rusă

LONDON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Jan 20) lambasted Britain's deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago including an island with an important US-UK air base as an act of "total weakness" and "great stupidity" underlining why he wants to acquire Greenland . Washington had last year given its blessing to the deal which gave the Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius but retained UK control of the Diego Garcia base under a 99-year lease. But Trump reversed that with a typically

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