A spokesperson for the UK government says "our position hasn't changed" after the US president called the Chagos Islands deal "great stupidity". 

A spokesperson for the UK government says "our position hasn't changed" after the US president called the Chagos Islands deal "great stupidity". 

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 we

Jan. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Britain's plans to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius were "an act of Great Stupidity" that underscored his argument as to why the United States had to acquire Greenland on grounds of national security.

The US president says it is "another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired".

The US president says it is "another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired".

US President Donald Trump has turned his fire on a deal between Britain and Mauritius to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested Indian Ocean archipelago that is home to a strategic US military base.

Trump said the UK handing over the territory was one of the reasons he wanted to take Greenland - and the British government has since hit back.

LONDON, Jan 20 - U.S. President Donald Trump has called Britain's deal to cede sovereignty of the island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands to Mauritius an \"act of total weakness\", putting the agreement back into the spotlight eight months after it was signed. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

U.S. President Donald Trump has turned his fire on a deal between Britain and Mauritius to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested Indian Ocean archipelago that is home to a strategic U.S. military base.

The island of Diego Garcia houses a strategically important US-Britain air base in the Indian Ocean. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump has criticised the deal under which the UK keeps control of the joint UK-US Diego Garcia military base.

US President Donald Trump has linked his push to annex Greenland with criticism of the UKs Chagos Islands handover to Mauritius, calling it great stupidity in a Truth Social post targeting PM Keir Starmer, reversing US endorsement from 2025.