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Bournemouth MP on Trump: Veterans share my disgust at five-time draft dodger
Sir Rod Stewart and MP Tom Hayes condemned Trump’s claim that NATO troops avoided front lines, highlighting over 450 British fatalities in Afghanistan, calling for an apology.
- On Friday , Sir Rod Stewart criticised President Donald Trump in an Instagram video after Trump suggested in Davos, Switzerland, that allied troops stayed off the front lines.
- President Donald Trump said on Fox News that he had 'never needed' Nato partners and later praised UK soldiers on Truth Social after a call with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
- Pointing to British losses, Stewart noted `We lost over 400 of our guys` and called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to `Please, make the draft dodger Trump apologize`.
- Grieving families and veterans said his words `wound` them and described the remarks as 'insulting', 'appalling' and 'barbaric', while Tom Hayes urged the House of Commons to decide soberly.
- Former ties between Stewart and Trump came under the spotlight after Stewart revealed they were once neighbours and friends in Palm Beach, Florida, but Trump’s US military service records show eight assessments and a medical exemption.
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