In what that can be only described as another Trump disaster, calling into disrepute the NATO commitment in Afghanistan. The NATO countries that sent troops to support the United States after they were attacked in the 9/11 terrorist attack. Pretty much the whole of the developed world came to support the United States, this was a multilateral coalition to root out terrorist training camps in Afghanistan.

I am waiting for George W. Bush to come out and refute Trump’s statement. We saw Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden at Dick Cheney’ funeral. Donald Trump was told to stay away, that tells us all we need to know. We all know Donald Trump is unfit to be President, even former Republican Presidents and Vice Presidents refuse to deal with Donald, they are happy to meet with Democrats, but refuse to interact with the current Republican President. That says to me the respect former Democrat Presidents are held in and the lack of respect for Trump.

When the United States was attacked by terrorists dubbed 9/11, NATO invoked Article 5 and stood with the United States. This is the only time Article 5 has been invoked, NATO quickly organised and had a significant presence in Afghanistan. NATO collectively had 130,000 troops deployed with the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom providing the bulk of the troops. Germany, Poland, Denmark, Romania, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Sweden and Finland were active in Afghanistan, this is not an exhaustive list.

According to Trump in a Fox interview, he stated they were there but “they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines” in what could be considered the ultimate insult by a President who himself avoided military service. Denmark [7.82], the country Trump was threatening to invade to secure Greenland had the same deaths per million as the United States [7.96], the United Kingdom [7.25] with only Georgia [8.42] having a higher death count ratio. I hope the former Democratic Presidents come out along with George W. Bush and make statements to restore the reputation of the United States.