Trump heaps praise on UK troops following furor over Afghanistan comments

U.S. President Donald Trump has heaped praise on British soldiers who fought in Afghanistan. The post on social media represents a partial walking back of comments he made this week that drew a cascade of criticism in the U.K. Following a conversation with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday, Trump said on Truth Social that the 457 British servicemen and women who died in Afghanistan and those that were badly injured, were “among the greatest of all warriors.” His comments earlier this week that troops from non-NATO countries stayed “a little off the front lines" prompted outrage in the U.K.