The Trump administration has accused British Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch of spreading “fake news” over comments made by Brexit boss Nigel Farage about a critical American air base on British territory in the Indian Ocean.
\n\nA diplomatic kerfuffle broke out this week after London’s Daily Telegraph and Tory leader Badenoch seemingly misconstrued comments Mr Farage made to U.S. podcast host Benny Johnson last month. During the appearance, the Reform UK leader said that he would offer the United States access to the joint military base on Diego Garcia in the British-controlled Chagos Islands in “perpetuity” in exchange for the Trump administration recognising Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and to stop using the issue as a point of leverage.
\n\n“I’d have gone in and said, ‘Right, you know what, mate? Chagos, it’s yours. Diego Garcia, in perpetuity, the most strategic American military base in the world… I’m guaranteeing you that. I’m giving up on this surrender. In return, just please stop talking about the Falkland Islands. I know you like [Argentina’s president Javier] Milei, but this really matters to us’. And there’s a trade, you see,” Mr Farage said.
\n\nThis came in the wake of the Labour government in…
Original source: https://breitbart.com/
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