A total of 457 British servicemen died in the NATO operation, and thousands were injured. So when the US president claimed in an interview with Fox News that "they sent some soldiers to Afghanistan, but the soldiers stayed a bit behind," it sparked anger in Britain.
Many politicians and relatives of the fallen are pressuring Prime Minister Keir Starmer to demand an apology. In a recorded statement, in which he sounds "genuinely angry," according to the BBC, he said:
President Trump's statement is insulting and frankly disgusting.
If I had said that, I would definitely have apologised.
The White House responded to the criticism by saying that "President Trump is right."
