Argentine President Javier Milei declared on Friday that his government is making "unprecedented progress" on recovering sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (a South Atlantic archipelago controlled by Britain but claimed by Argentina since the 19th century), stating that "sovereignty is non-negotiable, but it must be handled judiciously, with brains." His remarks coincided with the leak of an internal Pentagon memorandum, reported by Reuters, which floats the idea of reassessing US diplomatic support for British control of the islands as retaliation for London's refusal to join military operations against Iran — a document that explicitly frames the Falklands alongside other European "imperial possessions." The development comes as a senior State Department official visited Buenos Aires to announce expanded US military and cyber-defence assistance to Argentina, underscoring the deepening alignment between Milei and the Trump administration, while Britain's government firmly rejected any challenge to its sovereignty, citing a 2013 referendum in which 98.8% of islanders voted to remain a British Overseas Territory.