Care minister Stephen Kinnock criticises US president over claim Nato troops stayed away from frontline in Afghanistan
Good morning. Donald Trump enjoys causing offence but the problem with having a reputation for being outrageous and provocative is that, as people get used to your outrages, you have to go further and further to continue to get a response. We are seeing the outcome of that this morning.
In his meandering ramble at Davos (a cavalcade of falsehoods, as explained by CNN here), Trump repeated a criticism of Nato he has made before, saying: “What we have gotten out of NATO is nothing, except to protect Europe from the Soviet Union and now Russia.” This was so wrong that even Nigel Farage felt impelled to speak out and say so.
But yesterday, in what could be seen as a retort to the point Farage made, Trump doubled down.
Trump told Fox News that he was not sure Nato allies would be there for the US “if we ever needed them”. He went on:
