Oh dear. Less than 24 hours after Keir Starmer did his big Hugh Grant act over Greenland, Donald Trump has decided to make the Prime Minister’s life eve worse. The US President has overnight turned his guns on the Chagos deal, which is currently in the final stages of parliamentary scrutiny. Trump wrote on Truth Social that:
Shockingly, our “brilliant” NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness. These are International Powers who only recognize STRENGTH, which is why the United States of America, under my leadership, is now, after only one year, respected like never before. The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired. Denmark and its European Allies have to DO THE RIGHT THING. Thank you for your attention to this matter. PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
Truly Bismarckian in its appreciation of great power politics. Trump’s U-turn is one in the eye for Jonathan Powell and all those Labour backbenchers who have spent months going out there and citing US support as a reason for this deal to go through. Will Trump’s change of heart convince them to change their minds? Don’t count on it…
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