Regardless of what Donald Trump thinks, you can’t un-ring a bell.

On the heels of his deranged performance at Davos earlier this week, someone in his inner circle must have summoned up the courage to convince him that he needed to do some major damage control, specifically with regard to his insulting comments about the British and other NATO military forces.

Following serious push-back from Prime Minister Keir Starmer — as well as from Prince Harry, who served beside American troops in Afghanistan — Trump condescended to post this on Truth Social:

“The GREAT and very BRAVE soldiers of the United Kingdom will always be with the United States of America! In Afghanistan, 457 died, many were badly injured, and they were among the greatest of all warriors. It’s a bond too strong to ever be broken. The U.K. Military, with tremendous Heart and Soul, is second to none (except for the U.S.A.!). We love you all, and always will!” [Kevin Liptak and Lauren Kent, CNN, January 24, 2026.]

Well, that’s almost an apology.

As though a social media post — almost certainly composed by a White House staff member — will erase the memory of the words he spoke extemporaneously from Davos:

“We’ve never needed them [NATO]. 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, little off the front lines.” [Id.]

. . . or ease the loss to the families of the British soldiers and Marines killed in Afghanistan:

If only we could excise his tongue and deep-six his phone.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
1/24/26