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Labour’s Emily Thornberry branded Donald Trump’s declare that European troopers in Afghanistan averted the frontlines as an “absolute insult”.

The chair of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee stated she was “proud” the UK helped stand as much as him to the US President over Greenland.

Dame Emily stated: “It’s not a mistake. It’s so much more than a mistake. It’s an aboslute insult. It’s an insult to 457 families who lost someone in Afghanistan. How dare he say we weren’t on the frontline? How dare he! We have always been there. Whenever the American have wanted us, we have always been there.”

She added: “How dare this man who’s never seen any action, who somehow or other when there was a draft for everybody else in the United States managed to avoid it, and yet now is commander in chief and knows nothing about how it is that america has been defended. I mean, seriously, it’s an absolute insult.”

She stated we have now had a “very shocking few days” amid Trump’s assault on Greenland.

There have been repeated threats from the US Presient to grab mineral-rich Greenland, which belongs to Denmark.

Dame Emily referred to as Mr Trump’s behaviour “bullying” and “rude”.

She additionally accused of of “deliberately trying to undermine us and NATO”.

The Prime Minister and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen met at Chequers, a day after the US president dropped tariff threats towards European nations against his ambitions to take over the mineral-rich island.

Mr Trump rowed again his threats to slap new 10% tariffs on allies rejecting his Greenland calls for after a gathering with Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte on the fringes of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The US president stated the pair “formed the framework of a future deal” for safety within the Arctic area.

The phrases of any potential settlement stay unclear.