Trump backs down after fury from veterans and Starmer over shock claims UK troops ‘stayed back’ from Afghan frontline

DONALD Trump has praised the “great” and “very brave” British soldiers who fought in Afghanistan after drawing flak for saying they “stayed off the front lines”. It is understood that Sir Keir Starmer confronted the US president over the “appalling and insulting” comments shortly before Trump rowed back in his latest Truth post. Trump wrote:…