By CNN's Andrew Carey
Photo: AFP / Thibault Camus / various sources
Analysis - "Shockingly, our 'brilliant' NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER."
Welcome to Tuesday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Like many of his peers, Britain's leader has sought to keep Donald Trump close since the start of his second administration a year ago, figuring flattery was the best approach to navigating the US president's narcissistic vagaries.
Now, though, as Trump prepares to fly to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Starmer too finds himself joining the ranks of those either insulted by the US President, and/or finding their private messages to him shared with the world.
"The UK givi
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