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Veteran Calls on Trump to Apologize for NATO Afghanistan Remarks
Veteran Andy Reid, a triple amputee, says Trump’s claims undermine sacrifices of UK troops and could harm veterans’ mental health; 457 British personnel died in Afghanistan.
- U.S. President Donald Trump described Nato troops as `a little off the front lines` in a Fox News interview, prompting Andy Reid, Rainford veteran and triple amputee, to demand an apology on BBC Breakfast.
- Critics point to a pattern in which the administration questioned allied contributions, noting Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said last year the Nato ISAF badge really stood for `I saw Americans fighting` despite the US invoking Article 5 of Nato after 9/11.
- The human cost is shown by the 457 British deaths and about 11,000 peak UK troop presence in 2011, with The King saying, `The unending, relentless courage of our armed forces is on display day after day in Afghanistan...`.
- Immediate consequences include warnings about mental-health harm, and veterans and bereaved families say the remarks risk harming those still struggling 16 years later, while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Defence minister Al Carns condemned the comments.
- The episode has tested the transatlantic relationship amid wider disputes like Greenland tariffs, with reports casting doubt on the King and Queen's visit to America later this year.
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A Canadian veteran said that US President Donald Trump's recent remarks on the contribution of NATO soldiers to Afghanistan were evidence of "a profound lack of respect" for those who died in combat.
·Montreal, Canada
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Canadian veterans outraged by Trump’s NATO comments: “A great deal of disrespect”
A Canadian veteran said U.S. President Donald Trump's recent remarks about the contribution of NATO soldiers in Afghanistan show "a great deal of disrespect" toward those killed while fighting.
·Hamilton, Canada
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Canadian veterans outraged by Trump’s NATO comments: "A great deal of disrespect"
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The President of the United States questioned the allies' contribution to the war in Afghanistan.
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