特朗普的立场转变凸显了一位国防专家所谓的”新特朗普主义”，他将总统对查戈斯群岛协议的反对与对格陵兰岛的推动联系起来，并指出毛里求斯日后可能反悔的担忧。
周二，特朗普在其”真实社交”平台上发文，称英国的查戈斯群岛决定”是极其愚蠢的行为”。
“令人震惊的是，我们‘杰出的’北约盟友英国目前正计划将迪戈加西亚岛——美国重要军事基地所在地——移交给毛里求斯，而且毫无理由，”特朗普写道，”毫无疑问，中国和俄罗斯已经注意到这一完全软弱的行为。”
[特朗普在万斯格陵兰岛关键会议前向北约发出严厉警告]
亨利·杰克逊协会国家安全中心主任约翰·亨明斯告诉福克斯新闻数字版：”特朗普已经180度大转弯，部分原因是英国支持丹麦对格陵兰岛的主权主张，部分原因是白宫概述的新战略。”
他解释道：”这些举动是相互关联的，也是11月《国家安全战略》中概述的‘新特朗普主义’的一部分。”
“迪戈加西亚岛对北京控制从中东石油资源丰富地区到中国工业腹地之间的重要航运路线的战略构成潜在威胁，”他补充道，描述了”每天有近2370万桶石油通过印度洋运输，该基地在中美台湾问题冲突中至关重要。”
[特朗普在民意调查显示公众支持率低时加倍推动格陵兰岛计划]
在另一篇文章中，特朗普明确将查戈斯群岛争端与他对格陵兰岛的推动联系起来。
“英国放弃极其重要的土地是极其愚蠢的行为，也是格陵兰岛必须被收购的众多国家安全原因之一，”特朗普写道。
查戈斯群岛在英国非殖民化过程中与毛里求斯分离，国际法院2019年裁定此举非法。
英国后来同意移交主权，同时将迪戈加西亚岛租回至少99年，每年租金至少1.6亿美元。
迪戈加西亚岛是美军远程轰炸机、后勤和力量投送在中东、印度洋-太平洋地区和非洲的枢纽。约有2500名人员驻守，其中大部分是美国人。
亨明斯解释道：”如果毛里求斯在获得法律控制权后将这些岛屿提供给中国，在国际舆论看来将给美国带来巨大压力。”
“毕竟，一旦毛里求斯获得法律主权，它随时可以重新谈判租赁条款，甚至撕毁条约。”
“这还可能向中国渔船队开放专属经济区，其丰富的渔场将给美国空军在该岛周围的行动增加另一重风险，”亨明斯说。
“目前，美国在迪戈加西亚岛的基地被认为是安全的，毛里求斯向英国（并通过英国向美国）承诺了99年的租约，据信这不会干扰空军基地的运作。但细节决定成败。”
福克斯新闻数字版已联系白宫寻求置评。
艾玛·布西是福克斯新闻数字版的突发新闻撰稿人。加入福克斯之前，她曾在《每日电讯报》美国夜间团队工作，涉及外交、政治、新闻、体育和文化等多个部门。
President Donald Trump dramatically reversed course Tuesday on a U.K. plan to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while warning it could jeopardize U.S. access to the Diego Garcia military base.
Trump’s reversal highlights what a defense expert called a “new Trump Doctrine” before linking the president’s opposition to the Chagos deal with his Greenland push and citing fears Mauritius could later back out.
Writing on his Truth Social platform Tuesday, Trump called the U.K.’s Chagos decision “an act of 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 U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER,” Trump wrote. “There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness.”
[TRUMP ISSUES STERN WARNING TO NATO AHEAD OF VANCE’S HIGH-STAKES GREENLAND MEETING]
“Trump has done a 180, partly because of the U.K.’s support for Denmark’s sovereign claims over Greenland and partly because of a new strategy outlined by the White House,” John Hemmings, director of the National Security Center at the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital.
“These moves are linked and part of a ‘new Trump Doctrine’” outlined in November’s National Security Strategy,” he explained.
“Diego Garcia is a potential threat to Beijing’s strategy to control vital shipping lanes between the oil-rich Middle East and China’s industrial heartland,” he added, describing how “nearly 23.7 million barrels of oil transit the Indian Ocean every day, with the base being vital in any U.S.-China conflict over Taiwan.”
[TRUMP TELLS DAVOS US ALONE CAN SECURE GREENLAND, INSISTS HE WON’T ‘USE FORCE’]
In a separate post, Trump explicitly linked the Chagos dispute to his Greenland push.
“The U.K. 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,” Trump wrote.
The Chagos Islands were separated from Mauritius during Britain’s decolonization process, a move the International Court of Justice ruled unlawful in 2019.
The U.K. later agreed to transfer sovereignty while leasing Diego Garcia back for at least 99 years at a cost of at least $160 million annually.
Diego Garcia is a hub for long-range bombers, logistics and power projection across the Middle East, the Indo-Pacific and Africa. Around 2,500 personnel, mostly American, are stationed there.
[TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON GREENLAND PUSH AS POLLS SHOW LITTLE PUBLIC SUPPORT]
“If Mauritius were to offer the islands to China after taking de jure control, it would put immense pressure on the U.S. in the eyes of international public opinion,” Hemmings explained.
“After all, once Mauritius has de jure sovereignty, it can renegotiate the lease terms or even renege on the treaty at any time it wants.
“It might also provide access to the exclusive economic zone, with all of its rich fishing grounds, to Chinese fishing fleets, adding another layer of risk to U.S. Air Force operations around the island,” Hemmings said.
“At this moment, the U.S. base at Diego Garcia is thought to be secure, with Mauritius promising the U.K. (and by proxy, the U.S.) a 99-year lease, which will not, it is supposed, interfere with the operations of the air base at all. But the devil is in the details.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.
Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Before joining Fox, she worked at The Telegraph with the U.S. overnight team, across desks including foreign, politics, news, sport and culture.
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