By James Hanson

It gives me no pleasure to say this, but Donald Trump is right for once.

The British government’s deal with Mauritius to hand over the Chagos Islands is madness. In fact, it’s more than that - it’s a betrayal of the Chagossians and an act of staggering national self-sabotage.

As the US President celebrates a year back in the White House, it is easy to dismiss his every utterance as the dangerous ramblings of an increasingly deranged autocrat. But like the proverbial broken clock, every so often he is correct. This is one such occasion.

Amid the righteous indignation about Trump’s threats towards Greenland, we should take his warnings about the Chagos Islands seriously. Posting on Truth Social, the US President claimed the handover was an act of ‘great stupidity’ and that China and Russia would see it as an “act of total weakness”.

Let’s be clear about what the Chagos deal involves. The British taxpayer is being asked to........

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