Trump says Starmer's Chagos Islands deal is the 'best he could make'Donald Trump has hinted that he will agree the Chagos Islands deal - describing it as the "best" Sir Keir Starmer "could make". "I have had very productive discussions with Prime Minister Keir Starmer about the island of Diego Garcia," he said in a post on Truth Social. "I understand that the deal prime minister Starmer has made, according to many, the best he could make. What are the Chagos Islands and what is the deal? The Chagos Islands are made up of more than 600 islands lying in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Africa and Indonesia.

Source: The Times February 05, 2026 11:27 UTC