{"id":2249492,"date":"2026-01-25T10:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2249492"},"modified":"2026-01-25T10:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:04:31","slug":"donald-trump-backs-down-from-nato-comments-after-king-charles-move-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/donald-trump-backs-down-from-nato-comments-after-king-charles-move-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump \u2018backs down\u2019 from NATO comments after King Charles move | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>US President <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> has now <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/2162157\/Donald-trump-makes-huge-u-turn-on-British-soldiers-remarks\" target=\"_blank\">praised British troops<\/a> and said they are \u201camong the greatest of all warriors\u201d after <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/king-charles\" target=\"_blank\">King Charles<\/a>\u2019s concerns on his latest NATO comments were passed to him, it has been claimed. Sources claimed the US President became aware of the King\u2019s concerns and \u201cbackpedalled,\u201d hailing British troops for their \u201ctremendous heart and soul\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Mr Trump <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/2161556\/uk-fury-donald-trump-insults\" target=\"_blank\">caused a sensation earlier<\/a> this week after he suggested in an interview with Fox News that NATO allied troops &#8220;stayed a little off the front lines&#8221; in Afghanistan. He also claimed the US had &#8220;never needed&#8221; its NATO partners, despite being the only member state to have ever invoked the alliance&#8217;s &#8220;all for one, and one for all&#8221; clause, in the wake of 9\/11.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The comments sparked backlash, with Prime Minister Sir <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/keir-starmer\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Keir Starmer<\/a> saying from Downing Street that the remarks were \u201cfrankly appalling\u201d and signalled the US President should apologise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-harry\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Prince Harry<\/a>, who served two tours in Afghanistan and has long campaigned for veterans, also issued a powerful statement, saying that the sacrifices of British soldiers &#8220;deserve to be spoken about truthfully and with respect&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>King Charles is the Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A source told <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/38011864\/trump-backed-down-frontline-troop-claim-king-charles-concern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Sun<\/a>: \u201cIt was made very clear that the King\u2019s concern over the hurt had been caused by the comments, whether inadvertent or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A British official added: \u201cYou would always expect our Commander-in-Chief to defend the Armed Forces\u2019 proud record of service and sacrifice.\u201d<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The President of the United States caused a sensation this week after he suggested in an interview with Fox News that NATO allied troops &#8220;stayed a little off the front lines&#8221; in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Mr Trump took to his official Truth Social account to make a post, which read: \u201cThe great and very brave soldiers of the United Kingdom will always be with the United States of America!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIn Afghanistan, 457 died, many were badly injured, and they were among the greatest of all warriors. It\u2019s a bond too strong to ever be broken.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe UK Military, with tremendous heart and soul, is second to none (except for the US!).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe love you all, and always will! President Donald J. Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The White House was approached for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Buckingham Palace was also contacted for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It comes as the King and Queen brace for their major state visit to the US this spring. Charles and Camilla will visit Mr Trump in April as part of the 250th anniversary of US Independence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has now praised British troops and said they are \u201camong the greatest of all warriors\u201d after King Charles\u2019s concerns on his latest NATO comments were passed to him, it has been claimed. Sources claimed the US President became aware of the King\u2019s concerns and \u201cbackpedalled,\u201d hailing British troops for their \u201ctremendous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2249493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[22389,435484,183315,418342,262648,407379,435481,195881,435482,307603,22089,435483],"class_list":["post-2249492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-donald-trump","tag-donald-trump-troops","tag-king-charles","tag-king-charles-donald-trump","tag-king-charles-latest","tag-king-charles-latest-news","tag-king-charles-nato","tag-king-charles-news","tag-king-charles-trump","tag-king-charles-update","tag-royal-news","tag-trump-nato"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Donald-Trump-\u2018backs-down-from-NATO-comments-after-King-Charles.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2249494,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249492\/revisions\/2249494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}