President Trump launched astonishing attacks on key European allies early Tuesday, sharing private messages over his desire to take Greenland while blasting UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s “GREAT STUPIDITY.”
“Shockingly, our ‘brilliant’ NATO ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital US military base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER,” Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday morning.
Trump said China and Russia have “noticed this act” to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and view it as an “act of total weakness” by Britain.
President Trump launched astonishing attacks on key European allies early Tuesday, sharing private messages over his desire to take Greenland while blasting UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Getty Images
Supporters and members of the British Indian Ocean Territory Chagos Archipelago hold placards and the territory’s flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Jan. 7, 2026. AFP via Getty ImagesHe added that Beijing and Moscow respect only strength, boasting that America is now “respected like never before” under his leadership.
“The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of national security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired,” the commander-in-chief wrote.
“Denmark and its European allies have to DO THE RIGHT THING.”
The island of Diego Garcia is home to a strategically significant US-UK air base in the Indian Ocean.
“Shockingly, our ‘brilliant’ NATO ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital US military base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER,” Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday morning. @realDonaldTrump/TruthSocial
An undated file photo shows Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, leased from Britain in 1966. REUTERSTrump also shared a private message between himself and French President Emmanuel Macron, in which Macron urged him to dial back threats to take over Greenland and offered to host a dinner in Paris.
“I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland,” Macron wrote.
He suggested convening a G7 meeting Thursday following the Davos World Economic Forum, with invitations extended to Ukrainians, Danes, Syrians, and Russians on the margins.
This image released by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. AP“Let us have dinner together in Paris on Thursday before you go back to the US,” Macron added.
Trump also posted a screenshot he said was a message from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
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“Mr. President, dear Donald, what you have achieved today in Syria is incredible. I will use my media engagements in Davos to highlight your work there, in Gaza, and in Ukraine,” Rutte wrote.
“I am committed to finding a way forward on Greenland. Can’t wait to meet you. Yours, Mark.”
Trump said China and Russia have “noticed this act” to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and view it as an “act of total weakness” by Britain. REUTERSBefore sharing the messages, Trump said he had a “very good phone conversation” with Rutte about Greenland and agreed to meet with “various parties” during the World Economic Forum in Davos.
“As I expressed to everyone, very plainly, Greenland is imperative for national and world security. There can be no going back — on that, everyone agrees!” Trump wrote.
“The United States of America is the most powerful country anywhere on the globe, by far. Much of the reason for this is the rebuilding of our military during my first term, which continues at an even more expedited pace. We are the only power that can ensure peace throughout the world — and it is done, quite simply, through STRENGTH!”
