Donald Trump Rows Back Criticism On Keir Starmer's Chagos Deal

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a spending bill that ends a partial shutdown of the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington. 

Donald Trump has now backed Keir Starmer’s Chagos deal once again just weeks after attacking it.

The UK government announced last year that it was going to pay Mauritius £9 billion over the next 99 years so the UK-US military base at Diego Garcia will continue to operate as it does at the moment.