UK’s Starmer slams Trump over ‘insulting’ Afghanistan comments

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has suggested that Donald Trump should apologise for his claims that European troops were not on the front lines in the war in Afghanistan.

In a rare direct rebuke of the United States president, Starmer said on Friday that Trump’s earlier comments to US broadcaster Fox News that NATO allies stayed “a little off the front lines” in Afghanistan were “insulting and frankly appalling”.

UK’s Starmer slams Trump over ‘insulting’ Afghanistan comments

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