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Miles Archer

(22,014 posts)
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 04:50 PM 3 hrs ago

Rod Stewart: " I read that the draft dodger Trump has criticized our troops in Afghanistan..."

Rod Stewart called on President Donald Trump to apologize for his disparaging remarks about NATO troops, exhorting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage to also put pressure on the "draft dodger."

Stewart addressed his ex-friend in a recent Instagram video, which you can see below.

"Hi there. I may just be a humble rock star. I'm also a knight of the realm, and I have my opinions," Stewart said. "I was born just after the war [World War II], and I have great respect for our armed forces that fought and gave us our freedom. So it hurts me badly, deeply, when I read that the draft dodger Trump has criticized our troops in Afghanistan for not being on the front line.

"We lost over 400 of our guys," Stewart continued. "Think of their parents. Think about it. And Trump calls them almost like cowards. It's unbearable. So I'm calling on you, Prime Minister Starmer and Farage, please make the draft dodger Trump apologize. Please. Thank you."


https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rod-stewart-trump-nato-apology/

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Rod Stewart: " I read that the draft dodger Trump has criticized our troops in Afghanistan..." (Original Post) Miles Archer 3 hrs ago OP
Good for him--for that, and for listening to his wife a few years ago: tanyev 3 hrs ago #1
The King snowybirdie 3 hrs ago #2

tanyev

(48,753 posts)
1. Good for him--for that, and for listening to his wife a few years ago:
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 05:02 PM
3 hrs ago
Sir Rod Stewart says his wife has banned him from hanging out with Donald Trump — because the ex-president is a “disgrace” with women.

The 78-year-old rock legend told Scottish Field magazine that his third wife, Penny Lancaster, 52, pulled the plug on get-togethers he’s had for decades with his notorious neighbor in Florida’s upscale Palm Beach.

“I used to go to [Trump’s] Christmas party and the balls he held but my wife said ‘no,'” the “Maggie May” singer said, as per the Telegraph.

“There was stuff he was coming out with, what he was saying about women he had known in the past, and Penny said, ‘You’re not going — he’s a disgrace.'”

https://nypost.com/2023/06/12/rod-stewarts-wife-barred-him-from-seeing-disgrace-trump/

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