Trump praises new UK PM Burnham, slams Chagos Islands deal
At their first meeting, Trump calls Andy Burnham 'a natural business person' while criticizing Britain's handover of the Indian Ocean islands.
What to know
- Trump's first meeting with new UK PM Andy Burnham was largely cordial, with Trump setting aside Middle East disagreements.
- Trump singled out criticism of the UK's agreement to hand over sovereignty of the Indian Ocean islands.
- The meeting took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Donald Trump U.S. President
Andy Burnham New British Prime Minister
How it unfolded 3 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesvideospostscomments
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AP confirms Trump's mixed remarks on Burnham and islands deal
The Associated Press reported that Trump praised Burnham personally while separately slamming the UK's agreement on the Indian Ocean islands.
“a natural business person…”
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first by Courthouse News, 1d ago · also Japan Times, BBC Africa, BBC, Independent UK, Bangkok Post, Le Monde EN
5 more headlines
- Trump slams Chagos deal in first meeting with U.K.’s Burnham Japan Times · 21h ago
- UK to review Chagos Islands deal after Trump's latest criticism BBC Africa · 21h ago
- UK pauses multimillion-pound payments to Mauritius as Trump blasts ‘terrible’ Chagos deal Independent UK · 20h ago
- UK to revisit Chagos deal after Trump criticism Bangkok Post · 19h ago
- UK set to revisit Chagos deal after latest Trump criticism Le Monde EN · 17h ago
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first by Politico Europe, 19h ago · also Guardian, Hindustan Times, Anadolu Agency, BBC, FT
6 more headlines
- Chagos Islands deal ‘can’t go ahead’ without US support, Streeting says Guardian · 18h ago
- ‘Work more with US allies’: UK to review Chagos Islands deal after Trump's ‘terrible deal’ remark to PM Andy Burnham Hindustan Times · 18h ago
- UK to revisit Chagos Islands deal after Trump rejects terms Anadolu Agency · 17h ago
- UK to review Chagos Islands deal over lack of US support, Streeting tells BBC BBC · 16h ago
- UK reviews Chagos deal after renewed opposition from Trump FT · 14h ago
- UK to review Chagos Islands deal after Trump called it 'terrible' Mastodon · 2m ago
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🇺🇸🇬🇧 Trump says the UK’s Chagos Islands deal is “terrible” and flat-out opposes handing sovereignty to Mauritius. Diego Garcia is a major U.S.-UK military hub, and Trump says its location matters so much that B-2 bombers could have used it instead of flying all the way back to
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"TRUMP PRAISES BURNHAM BUT SAYS CHAGOS ISLANDS DEAL IS 'TERRIBLE'" @PippaCrerar.bsky.social / @KiranStacey.bsky.social for @TheGuardian.com Donald Trump praised Andy Burnham as a great Prime Minister but called Chagos Islands deal terrible at their UN meeting. #TheGuardian #TomorrowsPapersToday
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The Chagos Islands deal is on hold for as long as Donald Trump objects to it, UK officials believe, with no immediate signs it can be adapted to suit the US president. After Trump savaged the three-way plan as “a terrible deal” during a meeting with Andy Burnham at the UN general assembly, the prime minister said he was “confident” the UK would be…
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Trump criticizes UK's Indian Ocean islands handover
Despite the friendly tone toward Burnham, Trump voiced criticism of the UK's deal transferring sovereignty of the Indian Ocean islands.
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3 outlets first by Washington Times, 1d ago · also Associated Press, The Hindu · read ↗
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Trump and Burnham hold first meeting at UN gathering
Newly installed Prime Minister Andy Burnham met President Trump for the first time, with Trump setting aside disagreements over the Middle East and speaking warmly of the new British leader.
Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet
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first by Evening Standard, 3d ago · also SCMP, Independent UK, Channel News Asia
3 more headlines
- UK’s Burnham congratulates Trump and Danish PM on Greenland deal SCMP · 3d ago
- Andy Burnham hails Danish prime minister for reaching Greenland deal with Donald Trump The Independent · 3d ago
- UK's Burnham congratulates Denmark on US-Greenland deal Channel News Asia · 3d ago
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What people are saying 18 voices from 2 sites · best of 22 · verbatim
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⚡ NEWS UK Halts Chagos Islands Deal Payments Due to Lack of US Support UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting announced that annual payments to Mauritius regarding the Chagos Islands deal are on hold. The agreement cannot proceed without US support, which was refused by Donald Trump, prompting the UK government to review the deal over the Diego Garcia…
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If Mauritius knew what they were doing, they’d rename the islands the Mancunian Chagos Islands and Our Andy would talk about nothing else
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While I 100% agree that we should not be making policy based on Trumps tantrums, let's be real it is a crap embarrassment of a deal that doesn't feel in our national interest or favour in the slightest
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I don't know about "significantly". £101m per year is 0.15% of the defence budget and 0.03% of the annual spend on welfare.
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If you actually read what I have written, my comment was about taking advice from Trump, not about the Chagos Islands deal. Jumping to conclusions is never constructive.
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Whether Trump piped up or not.. Almost everyone on the planet, from the local milkman to presidents, can see that it is a pathetic deal that is a waste of time and money and embarrassing for the UK. The only people who think it is a good idea is Mauritius, a couple of corrupt UN judges, and a few blinkered Labour MPs (plus their lawyer mates…
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I actually agree that comms from the government on this has been terrible, but probably because the answer is complicated and not an easy sell. The simple fact of it is that the UK's ownership of the islands runs contrary to international law. Both the UN General Assembly and the International Court of Justice have said that the UK's…
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Scraping this deal would contribute significantly to either defence or welfare (or both) spending. Right or left, we should all oppose this nonsense.
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Yep, and there are security conscious avenues for scrutiny they haven't opened themselves up to so I am not willing to trust that it's down to that.
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He should have reminded Trump that ees king in t'north, and knows is grave'eh. That would have done it.
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God I forget there’s actually people here who believe this crap - even 70% of Americans don’t believe that shit
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I didn’t support getting rid of Starmer, but if getting the big International Law Respecter out was what it takes to derail this shite it will have been worth it. If people don’t want to listen to Trump, then support slashing welfare spending to the point where we can invest in defence sufficiently not to be a vassal state.
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# BBC # News UK to review Chagos Islands deal after Trump's latest criticism
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🟠 UPDATE UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham Meets Donald Trump at UN General Assembly Trump called the Chagos Islands deal "terrible" to Burnham; UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed a review of the deal. 📰 https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck3wjy 3pdwdno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss # Diplomacy # USA # Geopolitics # GeoWire
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Burnham will review Chagos deal after Trump calls it ‘terrible’ https://www. independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli tics/burnham-chagos-islands-trump-un-meeting-b3054685.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into UK Politics @ uk-politics-Independent
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https://www. europesays.com/3267531/ Trump praises new British PM Andy Burnham but slams U.K. deal on Indian Ocean islands # GreatBritain # UnitedKingdom
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From AP: Trump praises Andy Burnham but slams UK deal on the Indian Ocean islands https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=0z9jEjM8_T s&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon * VSN-GDPM c1996 # news # SupportIndependentMedia # vsn
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Trump praises Burnham - but hits out at ‘terrible’ Chagos deal https://www. independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli tics/andy-burnham-trump-chagos-un-b3054520.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into UK Politics @ uk-politics-Independent
