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Steve Bannon: “My understanding is that giving it back to Mauritius, who's…”

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Now my unders, I have been adamant and I really want to give a thanks to Nigel Farage who has done a tremendous job of bringing up to the top of the pile here in the United States that people think about. My understanding is that giving it back to Mauritius, who's up to the neck of the Chinese Communist Party, there is a lease that's going to be done for 99 years. Now. We saw what happened last time with Hong Kong. I adamantly oppose that. I think that the United States and they've come and talked about, I think, I think … (26:51–27:02)

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Asserts that Diego Garcia will be leased back to Mauritius, which is aligned with the Chinese Communist Party, for 99 years.

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