Donald Trump launches attack on Labour's ‘terrible’ Chagos surrender deal as he warns Andy Burnham ‘will have to look at it’

Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on Labour’s surrender of the Chagos Islands, branding the planned handover of the British overseas territory to Mauritius as “terrible”.

In a world-exclusive interview with GB News, the US president warned Prime Minister Andy Burnham “will have to look” at the proposition if he intends to pursue it.

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Asked by Bev Turner about the deal, Mr Trump said: “It’s terrible. They gave it over to people who shouldn’t really have it.

“In my opinion, that was terrible.”

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