US EditionUK’s Starmer slams Trump’s claim that NATO allies avoided Afghanistan frontline as ‘insulting’
UK leaders and veterans condemned Trump's false claim that NATO troops avoided front lines; 457 British soldiers died in Afghanistan, the second highest allied death toll, officials said.
- In a Davos interview, Donald Trump said `They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan... and they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines`, prompting criticism from Keir Starmer's spokesman and Calvin Bailey.
- Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned NATO's reliability, saying `I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them and that's really the ultimate test and I'm not sure of that.` during a Fox News interview in Davos, Switzerland.
- Official figures show 457 British service personnel died and allied deaths totalled 1,160, with Yvette Cooper saying `British & NATO troops fought side by side with our American friends in Afghanistan. To suggest otherwise is just wrong`.
- The comments triggered a backlash across the U.K. political spectrum, with Stephen Kinnock saying Keir Starmer will raise the issue with Trump, while analysts warned this risks further rupturing transatlantic ties.
- The episode feeds debate over NATO's future, as America remains the only member to have invoked Article 5 after September 11, 2001, raising questions about the NATO alliance's cohesion.
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UK blasts Trump's NATO comments
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signaled that U.S. President Donald Trump should apologize for his false assertion that troops from non-U.S. NATO countries avoided the front line during the Afghanistan war, describing Trump's remarks as "insulting" and "appalling."
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WASHINGTON, Jan 234 — The White House on Friday rejected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s slamming of President Donald Trump for asserting that troops from Nato allies avoided the front line in Afghanistan.“President Trump is absolutely right – the United States of America has done more for Nato than any other country in the alliance has done combined,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said in a statement sent to AFP.Earlier, Starmer e…
UK slams Trump for saying NATO troops avoided Afghan front line
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Friday denounced as "insulting" President Donald Trump's claim that troops from NATO allies avoided the front line in Afghanistan, as anger grows at the US president's remarks. In an interview with Fox News aired on Thursday, Trump appeared unaware that 457 British soldiers were among NATO troops who died during the conflict in Afghanistan following the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States. "They'll say t…
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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In an interview with Fox “News” in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald J. Trump a.k.a. “Old Bonespurs” and “Five-time-Deferment,” smeared the European NATO soldiers who gave their lives in Afghanistan to defend the United States. The president said, “I’ve always said, ‘Will they be there, if we ever needed them?’ And that’s really the ultimate test. And I’m not sure of that. I know that we would have been there, o…
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