Kevin ShoesmithEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Kevin Shoesmith/BBCThe mother of a soldier shot dead in Afghanistan says she is disgusted at Donald Trump after he claimed British soldiers stayed “a little off the front lines” during the conflict.
The US president’s comments, made to Fox News, have sparked outrage in the UK from politicians and the veterans’ community.
Angie Moore’s son, Pte Gregg Stone, 20, of The Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in Helmand province during a mission to rescue an Afghan police officer kidnapped by the Taliban in June 2012.
Refusing to use Trump’s name, she said: “He has returned me to the moment I got a knock on my front door from the Army telling me my son was dead.”
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MOD (via PA)Angie said: “When I read his comments, I expect I felt the same as the other 400-plus families of the men and women who lost their lives in Afghanistan.”
Asked if she had a direct message for Trump, she replied: “It would not be printable.”
Now living in North Yorkshire, she added: “Trump is disrespectful, inconsiderate and unfeeling. He does not give a damn.
“It’s the suits who start the wars – and it’s the young men and women who go out and fight.”