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• Trump called Britain's Chagos Islands deal "terrible" at his first meeting with PM Andy Burnham
• Diego Garcia base sits on the islands — Trump wants Burnham to reconsider handing sovereignty to Mauritius
• Burnham says he inherited the issue from Starmer, confident of a resolution with the US
• Trump still called Burnham a "natural business person" and praised warmer UK-US ties

DONALD TRUMP used his first face-to-face meeting with Andy Burnham to reopen his criticism of Britain's deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, calling the arrangement "terrible" and warning it was "amazing how strategic" the territory was.

The islands are home to the Diego Garcia base, a joint US-British military facility, and Trump said he expected Burnham to reconsider the agreement to hand the archipelago to Mauritius.