Starmer rebukes Trump over ‘frankly appalling’ remarks on Nato troops in Afghanistan
by Alexandra Topping, Rowena Mason, Jamie Grierson an from World news | The Guardian on (#731PN)
PM joins veterans in condemning claim that troops avoided frontlines and suggests US president should apologise
Keir Starmer has issued an unprecedented rebuke to Donald Trump for his insulting and frankly appalling" remarks about British troops in Afghanistanand suggested he should apologise.
After a week of fractious relations with the White House, Starmer said he was not surprised that relatives of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan were hurt by Trump claiming they avoided the frontline.
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