Donald Trump's Pentagon officials are examining potential measures to penalize NATO countries that have declined to back the Iran conflict, with reports suggesting this includes a review of Britain's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

[...] Britain fought a war against Argentina in 1982 to maintain control after Argentine forces invaded the islands. Argentina's current president, Javier Milei, is among Trump's closest international supporters.

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[–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I assume the threat is that the US would not support the UK military or in the UN, if Argentina attacked.

That would be a direct violation of Article 5 of the NATO treaty. It's one thing to refuse to join the US in attacking someone...but, it's an entirely different story when a NATO member is being attacked.

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