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Phil Goff has accused Foreign Minister Winston Peters of failing to stand up for New Zealand soldiers after US President Donald Trump said allied troops "stayed a little back" during the war in Afghanistan.
In a sharply worded Facebook post on Saturday, the former high commissioner to the United Kingdom said Peters' silence in response to Trump's remarks was "deafening".
Trump's comments came last week in an interview with Fox News in Davos, Switzerland, when questioned whether NATO allies would support the US if it were attacked.
"'Will they be there, if we ever needed them?' And that's really the ultimate test.
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