UK defends Chagos deal after Trump calls it 'act of great stupidity'
The US president says it is "another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired".
Last updated: 2026-01-21 22:44:31 ET
The US president says it is "another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired".
Trump says the U.K. decision to hand a strategic island to Mauritius, which he previously supported, was stupid, and justification for his attempt to acquire Greenland.
President Donald Trump ripped into the United Kingdom on Tuesday for its plan to cede control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius.�...
The prime minister has built his foreign policy around being seen as a trustworthy ally of the US president.