Thursday Feb 19, 2026
Perfidious Albion
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
For over two centuries, Britain’s treacherous diplomacy earned it the nickname of “Perfidious Albion.”
Yesterday, President Trump subtly channeled that sentiment in a polite, but very firm, repudiation of Britain’s latest act of diplomatic subterfuge – namely, its gambit effectively to give away its right, and ours, to use a strategically critical Indian Ocean base called Diego Garcia.
Worse yet, Prime Minister Kier Starmer’s odious deal with the China-dominated nation of Mauritius would predictably result in our mortal enemy – the Chinese Communist Party taking over that vital asset.
Mr. Trump rightly told Starmer “DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO GARCIA.” Given the Brit leader’s utter perfidiousness – and that of the State Department, which blessed the deal on Tuesday – the President better explicitly rule out any surrender of the rest of the Chagos archiplego, as well.
This is Frank Gaffney.