Farage proposes offering Trump Diego Garcia in exchange for his silence on the Falklands

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said he would offer the United States permanent use of the Diego Garcia military base if he were prime minister, in exchange for Donald Trump stopping his comments about the Falklands. The proposal drew criticism from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, while the White House defended Farage.

Reform UK leader c has said that, if he were prime minister, he would offer US President Donald Trump the use in perpetuity of the Diego Garcia military base, in the Chagos archipelago, in exchange for him to stop talking about the Falklands. The proposal sparked a clash with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who called it “humiliating”, and prompted the White House to come to Farage’s defence.