Denmark's PM Frederiksen slams Trump's Afghanistan NATO statements
Jan 25, 2026
London [UK], January 25: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has criticized US President Donald Trump for his controversial statements regarding NATO troops in Afghanistan.
She said it was "unacceptable" for Trump to question the efforts of allied soldiers, the Ritzau news agency reported on Saturday. Frederiksen stressed that Denmark suffered the greatest losses relative to its population size in the conflict.
According to Ritzau, 44 Danish soldiers lost their lives during the mission following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the US, 37 of them as a result of direct combat operations.
In an interview with Fox News, Trump again claimed that the United States had never needed NATO. He suggested several other NATO countries had sent troops to Afghanistan, but "they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines." Criticism of these statements has already come from the United Kingdom and Poland. After the Islamist attacks on September 11, 2001, the US activated Article 5 of the NATO treaty to seek assistance from its allies. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
