What has Donald Trump said about the Falklands?

Donald Trump’s administration is rumoured to be reassessing its stance on UK’s possession of the Falklands (Picture: Getty/Metro)

The Falklands are in the spotlight after Donald Trump’s administration hinted it might withdraw support for the UK’s possession of the islands.

Trump’s administration appears to be considering moves that could affect the UK thousands of miles south near the Antarctic – the Falklands.

The islands have been possessed by Britain as an overseas territory, but Argentina, which is just some 300 miles from the archipelago, has also staked a claim on them, calling them Las Malvinas.

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