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Last Updated:March 02, 2026, 17:44 IST
Trump slammed Starmer's delay in allowing US use of Chagos Islands base for Iran conflict, later approved for specific and limited defensive purpose.
US President Donald Trump with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. (AFP file photo)
President Donald Trump told the UK’s Daily Telegraph he was “very disappointed" with Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s initial refusal to let Washington use British military bases in its war against Iran.
Trump told the daily in an exclusive interview that Starmer’s initial refusal over the use of the Indian Ocean Chagos Islands base was unlike anything that had “happened between our countries before", adding: “It took far too much time. Far too much time."
Starmer later relented saying he had agreed to British bases being used for “specific and limited defensive purpose".
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March 02, 2026, 17:44 IST
News world Trump Says Starmer's Initial Refusal To Let US Use British Bases For Iran Action 'Disappointing'
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