Politics2/3/2026•Bloomberg

Starmer, Trump Discuss UK Base Deal Panned by White House

Starmer, Trump Discuss UK Base Deal Panned by White House

Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Donald Trump, the former President of the United States, discussed the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. This issue has been a point of contention between the two countries, as the White House previously opposed a plan to return sovereignty of the island to Mauritius. The article does not provide any additional details about the nature of the discussion between Starmer and Trump, or the specific concerns raised by the White House regarding the military base. The article simply states that the two leaders discussed the issue, without delving into the specifics of their conversation or the underlying reasons for the disagreement between the UK and the US on this matter.

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