U.S. Overseas Military Bases

President Trump attacked a UK–Mauritius agreement to transfer control of the Chagos Islands — a deal he had previously supported — saying his administration’s push on Greenland informed his criticism. That Greenland rhetoric has provoked backlash in Denmark, where hundreds of veterans held a silent protest outside the U.S. Embassy on Jan. 31, 2026, objecting to belittling remarks about Denmark’s security role and to an incident in which embassy guards briefly removed — then replaced after an apology — 44 Danish flags honoring soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.