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US President praises 'GREAT and very BRAVE' British soldiers following furious backlash over claims troops stayed away from front line

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has suggested a Donald Trump social media post honouring UK soldiers who fought in Afghanistan as “among the greatest of all warriors” may be the closest thing to an apology issued by the president over his criticism of Nato troops.

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Donald Trump said in a social media post that British troops were ‘among the greatest of all warriors’.

Donald Trump lauded British soldiers as "great and very brave warriors" in Afghanistan, a day after UK PM Keir Starmer condemned Trump's earlier remarks about NATO allies' frontline contributions as "insulting and appalling." Trump reiterated his skepticism about NATO's collective defense. Starmer paid tribute to the 457 British service personnel…

“Yeah,” Trump told the New York Post. “We’ll have everything we want. We have some interesting talks going on.”

The US president provoked anger earlier this week after he told Fox News that America had ‘never needed’ its Nato partners.

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It came a day after Mr Trump was criticised for his remarks about Nato allied troops.

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