Read our Privacy noticeDonald Trump’s administration has met with campaigners opposed to Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos deal amid growing fears that the US president will veto plans to hand the islands over to Mauritius. But having originally had the backing of Mr Trump a year ago, the US president turned on the prime minister last week, describing the deal as “an act of great stupidity”. On the flight to China, Sir Keir insisted Mr Trump initially backed the handover deal “in very clear terms” following sign-off by US intelligence agencies, despite the president’s recent change of tune. “It has been raised with the White House at the tail end of last week, over the weekend and into the early part of this week. Labour blamed the postponement on Tory peers’ “wrecking amendment” and said Mr Trump's remarks had no bearing on the decision.