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– Trump triggers fury in Europe over ‘insulting’ Afghanistan claim

by Ahmed Hassan - World News Editor

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The uproar dominated British ​media on ‍Friday (Saturday AEDT) and⁢ spread to France‍ and other US allies as veterans learned of​ Trump’s remarks in​ an interview​ with ⁤ Fox News ⁣ on Thursday when he questioned the NATO pact and belittled the contribution of allied forces.

“We ⁢get along very⁣ well with NATO, I think, but I’ve always ⁣said will they be⁣ there if we ever needed them, and that’s really the ultimate test. And I’m not sure of that,” ​he said in an interview with Fox News at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

“we’ve‌ never needed‌ them,we have⁣ never really asked anything of them.

“You know, they’ll say​ they sent ‌some troops to Afghanistan, or this or⁤ that, and they did, they⁢ stayed a little‍ back, a little off the front lines…​ But we’ve been very good to Europe⁤ and ​many other countries.”

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Former UK prime minister Theresa May, who had a‍ famously challenging ⁤relationship with Trump over the past year, suggested the president should apologise.