{"id":146421,"date":"2026-02-18T20:19:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146421"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:19:43","slug":"trump-tells-starmer-do-not-give-away-diego-garcia-in-fresh-attack-on-chagos-islands-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146421","title":{"rendered":"Trump tells Starmer \u2018do not give away Diego Garcia\u2019 in fresh attack on Chagos Islands deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUS President Donald Trump on Wednesday sharply criticised British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the UK\u2019s agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, warning the deal could create strategic vulnerabilities amid concerns about China\u2019s growing ties with Mauritius.<br \/>\nThe deal, finalised in 2025 between Britain and Mauritius, would see Britain transfer sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius while securing a 99-year lease to maintain full operational control of&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3343944\/trump-flip-flops-again-saying-uks-chagos-deal-would-be-big-mistake?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUS President Donald Trump on Wednesday sharply criticised British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the UK\u2019s agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146421"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}