“An absolute disgrace!” Injured Afghanistan veteran's mother reacts to Trump's insult
January 23, 2026
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as posted by the channelDonald Trump has sparked widespread outrage from former servicemen and their families over his "insulting" comments British troops and Nato allies stayed off the frontline in Afghanistan
Diane Dernie is the mother of Ben Parkinson, who is the most severely wounded British veteran to survive the Afghanistan conflict. She says the President has 'denigrated' the sacrifice her son made in serving his country.
The US president said: “We’ve never needed them. They’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan … and they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.”
Downing Street has said Trump was "wrong to diminish sacrifice of British troops" in Afghanistan.
"Trump was wrong in diminishing sacrifice as part of NATO in Afghanistan," a spokesperson told reporters.
They added: "The president was wrong to diminish the role of troops, including British forces.
"457 British personnel were killed in Afghanistan, more wounded. Many suffered life changing injuries, their sacrifice and others were made in service of security and in response to an attack on an ally."
His remarks have also sparked a massive backlash from relatives of British veterans as well as politicians who have hit out at the "insulting" claim.
Branding the comments the "ultimate insult", the mother of former British paratrooper Ben Parkinson said she is “stunned as to how anyone could say such a thing”.
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