UK Puts Chagos Sovereignty Transfer on Indefinite Hold After Trump Withdraws U.S. Support and Calls Deal ‘Great Stupidity’
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The UK has put the planned transfer of sovereignty over the Chagos Islands on indefinite hold after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew American support and publicly called the deal “great stupidity.” London says the move is a pause rather than a legal termination, reflecting internal tensions between pressure from the UN and ICJ to cede the islands and the need to manage relations with its U.S. ally, with Trump’s intervention widely read as a strain on U.S.–UK ties.