Comments signal president prepared to use dispute to push UK to raise defence spending and Nato contributions<\/p>\n
Donald Trump has suggested he is reconsidering US support for Britain\u2019s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, in a move likely to strain the \u201cspecial relationship\u201d between Washington and London.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always review every position \u2013 that\u2019s just one of many,\u201d the US president told reporters in the White House, in response to a question about whether he was reviewing the US\u2019s position over the South Atlantic islands, an archipelago whose status has long been disputed by Argentina, which claims sovereignty.<\/p>\n
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