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Furious Rod Stewart Slams 'Draft Dodger Trump' for Insulting NATO Troops' Bravery in Afghanistan: 'We Lost Over 400 of O
Our Guys… and Trump Calls ‘Em Cowards — It’s Unbearable’Sir Rod Stewart once counted himself a friend of President Donald J. Trump, but that is being pushed even further back into the past now that the pop superstar has slammed him as a “draft dodger” in a video statement condemning the president’s disparaging remarks about the courage of NATO troops.
In the Instagram clip, Stewart adds his voice to the chorus of Brits expressing outrage at Trump for “unbearable” and “disgraceful” remarks about NATO troops, in which the president suggested that European allies held back from being on the front lines during the Afghanistan conflict, leaving the true bravery to American troops. And he calls on the U.K.’s leaders to demand an apology from Trump for what he considers an insult to fallen soldiers.
“Hi there. I may just be a humble rock star. I’m also a knight of the realm, and I have my opinions,” Stewart begins, standing in formal dress in a stately living room. “I was born just after the war [World War II], and 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.”
Stewart continues, “We lost over 400 of our guys. Think of their parents. Think about it! And Trump calls ’em almost like cowards. It’s unbearable. So I’m calling on you, Prime Minister [Keir] Starmer and [Reform UK leader Nigel] Farage. Please, make the draft dodger Trump apologize, please.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/furious-rod-stewart-slams-draft-155854019.html
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