COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump on Saturday appeared to be partially walking back remarks on the role of non-US NATO troops in Afghanistan amid growing outrage from European allies.
But Trump's claim in a Fox News interview that NATO sent "some troops" but "stayed a little back, a little off the front lines" brought fresh condemnation Saturday.
He offered an olive branch to Britain after an angry response to his comments earlier in the week, praising British soldiers.
On Saturday, a day after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned his remarks as "appalling," he appeared to have changed position -- at least as far as British troops were concerned.
"The GREAT and very BRAVE soldi
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