President Trump said that NATO soldiers stayed “a little off the front lines” during the conflict. In Britain, which lost 457 soldiers in the war, the response was swift.

Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, has confronted Donald Trump by reminding him that Nato countries lost one soldier for every two Americans killed in Afghanistan.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confronted Donald Trump very sharply, face to face, reminding the U.S. president how many Europeans died defending Americans in Afghanistan.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had secured total and permanent U.S. access ‌to ​Greenland in a deal with NATO, whose head said allies would have to step up ‌their commitment to Arctic security to ward off threats from Russia and China.