U.S. President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, Mark Rubio, told POLITICO last month that he fears the deal would boost China and warned the agreement poses “a serious threat” to U.S. national security. The Independent reported Wednesday that Trump's new team could even try to veto the deal.

Nigel Farage has suggested the US president-elect and his friend, Donald Trump, is opposed the UK government’s decision to handover sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Granted an urgent question on the subject,

The UK's deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius will be met with "outright hostility” by the Trump administration, Nigel Farage has predicted. The Reform UK leader, a supporter and friend of the incoming US president,

Reform UK leader says he was told Diego Garcia was ‘most important island on planet’ by senior adviser to new president

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Outright hostility’ to UK-Chagos deal in incoming Trump cabinet, says Farage - The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.