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One of Sir Keir Starmer’s closest allies has said Donald Trump’s approach to geopolitics is “not normal” after the US president launched a scathing attack on Britain’s Chagos Islands deal.
Trump’s latest social media rant saw him describe the plan to cede the islands to Mauritius one of “great stupidity” on Tuesday morning.
His criticism came just one day after Sir Keir Starmer called for calm amid increasingly tense relationships between Nato allies and the US over the president’s threats to Greenland.
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