# UK-US relations

Trump Reconsiders, Clearing Way for UK Return of Chagos Sovereignty — with Guarantees for Diego Garcia

Donald Trump has reportedly reversed his opposition to a 2025 agreement under which Britain transfers sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after UK and U.S. officials secured new assurances on the continued operation of the Diego Garcia military base. The development preserves a key U.S. outpost in the Indian Ocean while reopening questions about colonial-era dispossession, legal exposure and alliance management.