The president said the U.S. needed an airbase on Diego Garcia to potentially "eradicate a potential attack" from Iran if nuclear negotiations failed.
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US president says Diego Garcia military base may be needed for strikes on Iran ...
President Trump is strongly calling on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer not to give away an island in the Indian Ocean called Diego Garcia just because someone claims 'right, title and interest' . . .
The US president says "it will be a blight on our great ally" if the islands are handed over to Mauritius.
The US president says the UK should not lose control of the Indian Ocean island by entering a "tenuous" lease.
The Trump administration is backing Britain's plan to turn over sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius while leasing back Diego Garcia, a critical military base in the Indo-Pacific region.
President Trump is a real estate man. He knows when he is being played, and the British are playing him over some important Indian Ocean real estate.
President Donald Trump signals willingness to move past tensions with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over controversial UK-Mauritius deal involving Diego Garcia base in Indian Ocean's Chagos Islands.
Sir Keir plans to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in a deal the government says is necessary to secure the future of the crucial UK-US Diego Garcia military base.
US president adds that he retains right to 'militarily secure' American base on Diego Garcia ...