Rod Stewart speaks up in Toronto for Canada

[Jitendra Hydonus]

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[Jitendra Hydonus]

BREAKING: Music legend Sir Rod Stewart tears into "draft dodger" Trump over his despicable remarks insulting the sacrifices of the British soldiers and other NATO troops who died in Afghanistan.

The icon really didn't hold back...

“I may just be a humble rock star. I’m also a knight of the realm and I have my opinions,” said Stewart in a video posted to Instagram. "I was born just after [World War II] and I have great respect for our armed forces that fought and gave us our freedom so it hurts me badly, deeply, when I read that draft dodger Trump has criticized our troops in Afghanistan for not being on the front line."

"We lost over four hundred of our guys. Think of their parents. Think about it. And Trump calls them almost like cowards," he continued. "It's unbearable. So I'm calling on you Prime Minister Starmer and [Nigel] Farage, please make the draft dodger Trump apologize. Please."

Stewart ended his video with a salute, driving home the message. It comes amidst a wave of widespread backlash from our British friends across the pond after Trump unleashed a jaw-droppingly offensive rant at Davos.

“We’ve never needed them," Trump said of our NATO allies. "We have never really asked anything of them. You know, they’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that. And they did – they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines."

In reality, the United States invoked Article 5 of the NATO charter after the terror attacks of 9/11 and our allies bravely answered the call, sending their sons and daughters to fight and die beside Americans in Afghanistan. It's utterly reprehensible that Trump, a pampered coward who faked bone spurs to avoid the Vietnam War, would attack the memory of real heroes.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed the remarks, calling them "insulting and frankly appalling" but stopped short of demanding an outright apology. He should do so immediately. While Trump will, of course, refuse to apologize because he's a pigheaded sociopath who's incapable of empathy, that doesn't mean we should let this slide. By demanding an apology, we force him to double down on his shameful comments and keep the story in the headlines.

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