Angry US president has already lashed out over the Chagos surrender, but PM has just made matters worse
Donald Trump is unhappy with Keir Starmer. Very unhappy. His blazing attack on the Prime Minister for “giving away” Diego Garcia to Mauritius “for no reason whatsoever” in an “act of great stupidity” was an unprecedented attack.
The US president raged on social media that “there is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness” in the Chagos Islands. Trump used his anger over Diego Garcia to justify yet again why the United States should be handed Greenland, urging Denmark and his European allies to “do the right thing”.
Donald Trump has blasted Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos deal (Image: Getty)
Donald Trump’s furious social media post (Image: Truth Social)
It was Sir Keir’s response to the president’s threat of tariffs – insisting it was wrong – that has irked the Republican strongman.
Sir Keir has a lot of work on his hands to patch this one up.
And now he has just done the one thing that will infuriate the Don even further.
The hugely controversial Chinese mega-embassy has just got the green light in a move that will immediately set alarm bells ringing in the White House.
Washington has previously warned against the move, and there is a growing backlash against the plans amid fears it will boost the Chinese government’s ability to spy on the UK and the rest of Europe
The proposed site of the Chinese embassy in London (Image: Getty)
To add further spice to the mix, Starmer is expected to meet Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing later this month.
It is part of Britain’s latest attempts to cosy up to the communist superpower.
Trump’s relationship with China is an uneasy one.
He famously chastised the Chinese over the Covid pandemic, but is also wary of the world’s second-largest economy and its rapidly developing military.
China is firmly aligned with Russia and Vladimir Putin, so Trump won’t take kindly to America’s supposed closest ally sidling up to Beijing.
