Shock to the system

Weeks of Trump rudeness capped by ignorant attack on Nato soldiers

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t has been a really difficult week for Britain.

The United States will always be Britain's most important ally, and we share a uniquely close relationship, from economic to defence to culture.

But in recent weeks, the leader of our closest ally has behaved like a bully; he has been rude, he has undermined international law, he has tried to undermine the UK and threatened the survival of Nato as a whole.

And this week, he said something which, even for him, has shocked me.

His claim that Nato allies like the UK had "stayed back" from the front lines is not just "a mistake". It is an absolute insult. An insult to the 457 British families who lost someone in Afghanistan. An insult to the many more injured, who live with the physical or mental scars of war.