Chagos deal wasn’t such a “great stupidity” after all, admits Trump
News from Latin America and Mercosur [Unofficial]
February 10, 2026
Relief in UK as Donald Trump back stepped and ended supporting the Labor government’s Chagos islands deal with Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, including the joint US/UK Diego Garcia base, when only a couple of weeks ago the US president described the whole issue as a “Great Stupidity”.
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