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Potential proposal would secure control of Diego Garcia base amid stalled UK plans to cede sovereignty of territory

Donald Trump is reportedly weighing a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius amid stalled plans from the UK to cede sovereignty of the territory, the Telegraph first reported.

The White House did not respond to the Guardian’s request for comment on the report about the potential plan.

Under the reported proposal, the Trump administration would sidestep UK officials and purchase the island, securing control of the US-UK Diego Garcia military base.

The island, however, would first have to be made sovereign, allowing the US to negotiate its purchase with Mauritius directly, the Telegraph reported. Previous legislation to hand the islands to Mauritius were shelved in April after the US removed its support of the deal.

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[-] prole 5 points 1 day ago

Right, just what we need, an island that won't even exist in 20 years.

And let's piss off the UK while we do it. Why not.

[-] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Cuba, Greenland and now this? Dude we cannot allow Trump to find out about Australia.

[-] wasabi_noir@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Fuck that. Ochre dildo cancels all medical research but buys a fucking island? Eat all the shit imaginable. Fuck trump and fuck his shit for brains voters. They all deserve every disease their dear leader canceled research for.

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