Rod Stewart has hit out at US President Donald Trump over his false claims about British troops in Afghanistan.
The rock star has urged UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to force Trump to apologise for his recent remarks on British troops who served in Afghanistan.
It comes after the President questioned whether Nato allies would come to America’s aid, and claimed some nations avoided serving on the front line in Afghanistan, during a Fox News interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Stewart, who was knighted in 2016, has now shared a video message on Instagram condemning Trump’s comments and describing them as “unbearable”.
“I may just be a humble rock star, but I’m also a Knight of the realm, and I have my opinions,” he said in the clip shared yesterday (January 23). “I was born just after the war, and I have great respect for our armed forces that fought and gave us our freedom,” he added.
“So it hurts me badly, deeply, when I read that draft dodger Trump has criticised our troops in Afghanistan for not being on the front line.” Stewart went on to highlight the scale of British deaths during the conflict, where 457 UK service personnel were killed.
“We lost over 400 of our guys,” he said. “Think of their parents. Think about it. And Trump calls them almost like cowards. It’s unbearable.”
He concluded by asking Starmer and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to appeal to Trump: “So I’m calling on you, Prime Minister Starmer and Farage,...
Rod Stewart has hit out at US President Donald Trump over his false claims about British troops in Afghanistan. The rock star has urged UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Reform UK leader Nigel Fa...