Trump flip-flops again, saying UK’s Chagos deal would be ‘big mistake’

Feb 18, 2026 | INVESTING

US President Donald Trump said the UK was making a “big mistake” with its proposed deal to turn over control of the Chagos Islands, just weeks after saying the agreement was the “best” arrangement UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer could make.
“Prime Minister Starmer should not lose control, for any reason, of Diego Garcia, by entering a tenuous, at best, 100 Year Lease,” Trump said in a social media post on Wednesday.
“This land should not be taken away from the U.K. and, if it is allowed to be, it…

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