UK fury over Trump’s “insulting” remarks on NATO’s role in Afghanistan

President Donald Trump has sparked outrage across the UK political spectrum after claiming NATO allies stayed “away from the front lines” during the Afghanistan War. British MPs and veterans condemned the remarks as a “gross insult” to the 457 UK service members who lost their lives in the conflict. Trump’s skepticism about NATO’s commitment to Article 5—which was activated only once in history, following the 9/11 attacks on the US—has been dismissed as “baseless and false” by international allies, including the Dutch Foreign Minister.