US EditionUK’s Starmer slams Trump’s claim that NATO allies avoided Afghanistan frontline as ‘insulting’
Trump’s claim NATO troops stayed off front lines in Afghanistan drew sharp UK criticism highlighting 457 British deaths and 1,160 allied fatalities in the conflict.
- 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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Starmer Condemns 'Appalling' Trump Words on Afghanistan Role
(Bloomberg) — UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said US President Donald Trump’s remarks about NATO troops in the war in Afghanistan were “insulting and frankly appalling,” adding in a televised statement that he would have apologized had he used them himself.
Former NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer believes US President Trump is "going completely over the edge" by downplaying the deployment of NATO troops in Afghanistan. In an interview with Fox News, Trump said that NATO troops "stayed away from the front lines" at the time. British Prime Minister Starmer also reacted with outrage to Trump's remarks, calling them "insulting and absolutely appalling" and suggesting that the US president apologize. Tr…
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