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Robert Tait in Washington

Trump’s pique with UK could lead to favor to acolyte Milei over Falklands

Wide view of homes on an island with a rocky mountain as a backdrop.
The Falkland Islands, known as the Malvinas in Argentina, on 16 March 2026. Photograph: Ricardo Mazalán/AP

Donald Trump has long embraced vengeance. “I am your retribution,” he declared to an admiring audience at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as he commenced his march back to the White House.

It is unlikely Argentina, and far-flung holdovers of the former British empire, were on the US president’s mind at the time.

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