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Mr Trump warned: “Prime Minister Starmer is losing control of this important Island by claims of entities never known of before. In our opinion, they are fictitious in nature.” The intervention piles pressure on Sir Keir over his decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius under a 99-year lease for the Diego Garcia military base.

Mr Trump said: “I have been telling Prime Minister Keir Starmer, of the United Kingdom, that Leases are no good when it comes to Countries, and that he is making a big mistake by entering a 100 Year Lease with whoever it is that is ‘claiming’ Right, Title, and Interest to Diego Garcia.”

The President said Diego Garcia, strategically located in the Indian Ocean, could be crucial if America needs to take military action against Iran. He warned: “Should Iran decide not to make a Deal, it may be necessary for the United States to use Diego Garcia, and the Airfield located in Fairford, in order to eradicate a potential attack by a highly unstable and dangerous Regime.”

Mr Trump added the threat could be “an attack that would potentially be made on the United Kingdom, as well as other friendly Countries.” Despite the stark warning about Britain’s security, the President insisted: “Our relationship with the United Kingdom is a strong and powerful one, and it has been for many years.”

But he issued a dire prediction about the Chagos deal, saying: “This land should not be taken away from the U.K. and, if it is allowed to be, it will be a blight on our Great Ally.” Mr Trump concluded saying that the US “ill always be ready, willing, and able to fight for the U.K., but they have to remain strong in the face of Wokeism, and other problems put before them.”

The extraordinary intervention comes as the Chagos deal faces mounting opposition at home and abroad. Conservatives have branded it a “catastrophic surrender” that hands a strategic military asset close to a Chinese ally while costing British taxpayers billions.

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Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel said yesterday that Sir Keir “is betraying our country, our taxpayers and the Chagossian people with his Chagos Surrender.” The deal, negotiated by Labour, has been criticised as weakening Britain’s military posture in the Indo-Pacific at a time of growing Chinese assertiveness.

Mr Trump’s warning that the claimants to Diego Garcia are “fictitious in nature” echoes concerns raised by critics that Mauritius has no legitimate historical claim to the islands.

The Chagos Islands were separated from Mauritius before it gained independence, and some Chagossians oppose the islands being handed to Mauritius rather than being allowed to return under British sovereignty.

Mr Trump’s public rebuke of Sir Keir marks a significant escalation in international pressure over the deal and raises questions about whether it can proceed without full American support. The Foreign Office was approached for comment.