Trump angers allies with claim NATO troops ‘stayed a little back’ from frontlines in Afghanistan
- Posted on January 23, 2026
- By CNN
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Trump angers allies with claim NATO troops ‘stayed a little back’ from frontlines in Afghanistan
US President Donald Trump has once again questioned whether NATO allies would “be there” if the United States “ever needed them,” claiming that the alliance’s troops “stayed a little back” from the frontlines in Afghanistan.
