US President Donald Trump on Saturday praised "brave" British soldiers, calling them warriors, a day after remarks he made about NATO troops in Afghanistan were described as "insulting and appalling" by Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Trump provoked widespread anger in Britain and across Europe after he said European troops had stayed off the front lines in Afghanistan. "The GREAT and very BRAVE soldiers of the United Kingdom will always be with the United States of America!" The British leader's office issued a statement to say the prime minister had spoken to the president on Saturday about the issue. "The prime minister raised the brave and heroic British and American soldiers who fought side by side in Afghanistan, many of whom never returned home," the statement said.

Source: The Telegraph January 25, 2026 12:01 UTC