Trump hails UK troops’ sacrifice after backlash over NATO remark

By

Kate Sullivan and

Bloomberg

By

Kate Sullivan and

Bloomberg

January 24, 2026, 5:01 PM ET

The coffin containing the body of British Army Guardsman Neil Anthony Downes from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards Regiment is carried by his fellows during his Repatriation Ceremony on June 12, 2007 in Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

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