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Trump said an escalation over the Falkland Islands would be a potential disaster and offered to intervene
The U.S. president referred to the dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom during a conference in Dublin. According to different media outlets, he said he could try to resolve it if both sides called on him.
Donald Trump said that a possible new conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands would be a “potential disaster” and assured that, if both countries asked him to, he could intervene to try to resolve the dispute.
According to Crónica and Noticias Argentinas, the U.S. president spoke about the issue in Dublin after meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin. There, he expressed confidence that he could act in the event of an escalation and said he could probably solve it if they called on him.
Both outlets agreed that Trump described the islands as a “very interesting” issue and noted that there is currently tension between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the matter.
Crónica reported that the president recalled that the islands have been under British administration since 1833, while Argentina maintains its sovereignty claim. That outlet also said Trump recalled that, when he was a child, the British “went in and took them over”.
Noticias Argentinas also reported that Trump mentioned the distance to the islands and considered a transfer unlikely, noting that it is a journey of weeks by ship. In that same report, the president also referred to immigration and energy problems.
The statements come after Trump said at the end of August that Washington was reviewing its position on the Falkland Islands, in a context in which, according to Noticias Argentinas, the United States has historically maintained a neutral stance on sovereignty.
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About this note. Written by El Notero with the assistance of artificial intelligence, based on what was published by the cited outlet. El Notero did not do its own reporting on this event.
