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Milei escalates Argentina’s Falklands dispute with UK as Trump hints at US policy shift

Milei cast Trump's comments as proof that his close relationship with the US president – criticised by political opponents as overly deferential – was paying dividends.

Milei escalates Argentina’s Falklands dispute with UK as Trump hints at US policy shift

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Milei cast Trump's comments as proof that his close relationship with the US president – criticised by political opponents as overly deferential – was paying dividends.

Argentine President Javier Milei escalated his country's dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands on Thursday, vowing new measures to halt an oil project near the British-controlled archipelago and...

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Milei cast Trump's comments as proof that his close relationship with the US president – criticised by political opponents as overly deferential – was paying dividends. Argentine President Javier Milei escalated his country's dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands on Thursday, vowing new measures to halt an oil project near the British-controlled archipelago and praising US President Donald Trump for saying Washington could reconsider its neutral stance on the islands' sovereignty.

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Argentine President Javier Milei escalated his country's dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands on Thursday, vowing new measures to halt an oil project near the British-controlled archipelago and praising US President Donald Trump for saying Washington could reconsider its neutral stance on the islands' sovereignty.

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