Trump raises doubts over support for Britain in Falklands dispute with Argentina

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 03:14 Issued on: 04/09/2026 - 14:46 US President Donald Trump raised doubts about whether the United States would support Britain in another conflict over the Falkland Islands in an interview with a British broadcaster aired Thursday, injecting new tension into the long-standing dispute over the British-controlled archipelago also claimed by Argentina. Trump's comments came as his ideological ally, Argentine President Javier Milei, prepared to deliver a televised national address about what his government has described as diplomatic progress over the islands that lie about 480 kilometers off Argentina’s coast in the South Atlantic. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Rochelle Ferguson-Bouyahe tells us more.