Karoline Leavitt: “We still have a military base, of course, on the island of…”

“He understands Prime Minister Starmer's position and he supports it. But as the president reiterated in that statement, of course, the United States reserves the right to protect our assets. We still have a military base, of course, on the island of Diego Garcia. And so the president reiterated to the prime minister and to all of you that the United States will never waver, if necessary, in protecting our assets anywhere in the world, but including on Diego Garcia.” (29:11–29:16)

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