US EditionStepmum of Stoke-on-Trent Soldier Wants Personal Apology From Trump
Kim Bellingham demands Trump apologize for suggesting NATO allies avoided frontline service in Afghanistan, where 457 UK soldiers died, calling his remarks hurtful and inaccurate.
- Kim Bellingham, stepmother of Pte Gareth Bellingham, wants a personal apology from President Donald Trump and said `It was extremely hurtful and it's made me very angry`, offering to meet him at Gareth's grave.
- In a recent TV interview, President Donald Trump said last week he had `never needed` the transatlantic alliance and accused allies of staying `a little off the front lines` in Afghanistan, while Trump administration officials criticised European NATO spending.
- Pte Gareth Bellingham, 22, from Stoke-on-Trent, died after being shot on patrol in Helmand Province in June 2011, and family said he `had been called through because someone had been injured under fire`.
- German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius urged President Donald Trump to apologise and said he would raise the issue with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, while British leaders condemned the remarks.
- Casualty figures show the United Kingdom lost 457 personnel in Afghanistan while thousands of German troops served with 59 killed, and President Donald Trump praised `brave` British soldiers on Saturday but did not apologise.
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Defense Minister Pistorius vehemently contradicts the devaluation of NATO's operation in Afghanistan by US President Trump: the criticism is disrespectful to the fallen soldiers and historically false.
Secretary of Defense Pistorius stated that it would be appropriate for President Trump of the United States to apologize for saying that...
The U.S. President makes a derogatory statement about NATO soldiers in Afghanistan. When asked if Trump had to apologize to the relatives of the fallen soldiers, Secretary of Defense Pistorius says at "Caren Miosga: "This would be a sign of decency and respect and also of insight."
According to US President Trump, Federal Defense Minister Pistorius considers an apology to be warranted for NATO's deployment in Afghanistan.
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