US president says the UK’s decision to hand over sovereignity of the islands is among a ‘long line’ of reasons why Greenland ‘has to be acquired’

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Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has vowed to overturn the Chagos Islands agreement, saying the costly agreement was fuelled by a misplaced feeling of “postcolonial guilt” in a government “run by human rights lawyers”.

In a post to X this morning, Farage, who has a close relationship with Donald Trump, said: “Thank goodness Trump has vetoed the surrender of the Chagos islands.”