Trump suggests he is reviewing US support for UK over Falkland Islands
US President Donald Trump has suggested he may review the US position on British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. The comments are viewed as a tactic to pressure the UK government to increase its defense spending and NATO contributions.
Why it matters
This signals a potential shift in US foreign policy that could strain the 'special relationship' between the US and the UK.
Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. Photograph: Annabelle Gordon/Pool/CNP/Shutterstock Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. Photograph: Annabelle Gordon/Pool/CNP/Shutterstock Donald Trump Trump suggests he is reviewing US support for UK over Falkland Islands Comments signal president prepared to use dispute to push UK to raise defence spending and Nato contributions
Prefer the Guardian on Google Donald Trump has suggested he is reconsidering US support for Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands , in a move likely to strain the “special relationship” between Washington and London.
“I always review every position – that’s just one of many,” the US president told reporters in the White House, in response to a question about whether he was reviewing the US’s position over the South Atlantic islands, an archipelago whose status has long been disputed by Argentina, which claims sovereignty.
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