In a post on Truth Social, Trump attacked Britain for agreeing to hand over the Indian Ocean island, which hosts a major US military base. Using sarcasm, he referred to the UK as a “brilliant” NATO ally for planning to give up strategically important territory.

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The US has awarded a joint UK-US company a multi-year contract to support operations at Diego Garcia, a key regional military base.