NATO veterans say Trump ‘crossed red line’ questioning their Afghan service
LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Veterans from across Europe hit back at U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that they had stayed off the front lines in Afghanistan, saying on Friday that hundreds of their comrades had died fighting alongside American forces. Senior politicians joined the criticism, with the British Prime Minister’s office saying Trump had been “wrong to diminish the role of NATO troops” during two decades of war. Trump told Fox News on Thursday the United States had “never needed” the transatlantic alliance and accused allies of staying “a little off the front lines” in Afghanistan. ‘WE PAID IN