Senator John Kennedy, R-La, launched a unique attack against UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer During the plan to renounce military base in the Indian Ocean, warning the British leader to “put away Bong”.
“Because the United Nations want the United Kingdom to feel guilty, they want to give our military base and their military base to Mauritius,” Kennedy said on the Senate floor. “Now, the prime minister of the United Kingdom can stop it, and Marco Rubio, our new secretary -state, is against it. And I didn’t talk to him directly, but I think President Trump is against it.”
The fate of Chagos Island is disputed, British foreign territory in the Indian Ocean, which currently hosts the US UK joint Navy base in Diego Garcia.
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Divided picture of senator John Kennedy, R-L., And the premiere of the UK Keir Starmer. (Getty Images)
But the 2019 International Court of Justice that supported United Nations He found that the UK did not claim the islands, encouraging October announcement that the UK had terminated the Sovereignt Subject to the Island on Mauritius
While the contract requires the base to remain under US and British control for another 99 years, the plan for surrender to the territory has received pushing in the UK and in the United States.
Kennedy made it clear that he was one of these critics, calling a plan to give up control over the islands “Bone Deep down to stupidity.”
Preston, England – February 6: Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an interview while visiting Springfields (Preston Lab), a national nuclear laboratory plant on February 6, 2025 in Preston, England. (Photo Oli Scarff – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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“The United Kingdom is our friend. I went to school for a while. I love them and I want to see the Prime Minister doing well, but he has to put a bong. He has to put Bong,” Kennedy said. “That absolutely does not make sense, and it will be a large part of his legacy if he divides this island and our military base, in fact, which will eventually be China.”
AND Senator Louisiana Then he suddenly changed the gears, claiming that he “means no disrespect”, while still persuading Starser to reconsider.
Members of the Chagossian Community gather with banners and posters outside Parliament to protest against the Government’s decision to hand over the Chagos Islands Maurination, October 7, 2024.
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“I shouldn’t have said the Bong part, I take it back,” Kennedy said. “Please, Mr. Prime Minister, don’t do it. Don’t do it. We’ll stand with you in the United Nations, who is so upset about you, to fulfill the injury report because we are not doing it.
The Prime Minister’s office did not immediately respond to the Digital Request Fox News for comment.
