Trump blasts UK's plan to give Chagos Islands sovereignty to Mauritius on Truth Social, calling it 'total weakness' and 'great stupidity'.

Andrew Rosindell, who defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK at the weekend, wrote to Joe Biden in December 2020 saying failure to 'decolonise' the Chagos Islands was causing international anger

The president previously supported Britain's agreement to hand back sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago, where the U.K. continues to lease the U.S.-U.K. Diego Garcia military base.

The islands, which Britain has agreed to hand over to Mauritius, are home to a strategically important U.S.-British military base.

Donald Trump has criticised the UK for returning sovereignty to Mauritius, reflecting how the rules-based worldview is under pressure.

The US has signalled that trade talks with Britain are on hold as it accused Sir Keir Starmer of “letting us down” over the Chagos Islands.

Sir Keir Starmer has told MPs he will not budge over his position on Greenland after Donald Trump threatened tariffs on the UK if it didn’t back him. The Prime Minister used his sternest words yet to push back against the US President in the House of Commons this afternoon – just over an hour before Trump takes to the stage in Davos.