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The mother of a Scottish soldier killed in Afghanistan has described Donald Trump's claim that allies stayed away from the front line as "soul-destroying". Sean Binnie was a 22-year-old acting sergeant when he was killed while on patrol with the Black Watch in Helmand Province in May 2009.
The Duke of Sussex challenges President Trump's claims about NATO allies in Afghanistan, citing Article 5 response and 457 UK military deaths in a powerful statement.
UK's Starmer Slams Trump Remarks on Non-US NATO Troops in Afghanistan as 'Insulting' and 'Appalling'
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signaled that U.S. President Donald Trump to apologize for his false assertion that troops from NATO countries — other than Americans — stayed away from the fro
The president also suggested the U.S. should have “put NATO to the test” to advance his domestic agenda.
President Trump said that NATO soldiers stayed “a little off the front lines” during the conflict. In Britain, which lost 457 soldiers in the war, the response was swift.
LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called U.S. President Donald Trump's comments about European troops staying off the front lines in Afghanistan insulting and appalling, joining a chorus of criticism from other European officials and veterans.
Sir Rod Stewart once counted himself a friend of President Donald J. Trump, but that is being pushed even further back into the past now that the pop superstar has slammed him as a “draft dodger” in a video statement condemning the president’s disparaging remarks about the courage of NATO troops.
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's latest comments about America's allies in Afghanistan as an attempt to rewrite the history books.