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Maldives offers the United States that it can continue access to the Diego Garcia naval base if the Chagos Islands transfer from UK to Maldives control, challenging the UK-Mauritius agreement, while President Trump flags national security risks over shifting Indian Ocean geopolitics.
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US President Donald Trump has linked his push to annex Greenland with criticism of the UK's Chagos Islands handover to Mauritius, calling it "great stupidity" in a Truth Social post targeting PM Keir Starmer, reversing US endorsement from 2025.
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The U.S. maintains a strategic military base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, a territory claimed by Mauritius but controlled by the U.K. The base plays a crucial role in global military operations, despite ongoing legal and diplomatic controversies.
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