\u201cWrong and without respect\u201d is how Norway\u2019s Defense Minister Tore O. Sandvik described Trump\u2019s comments. <\/p>\n
\u201cAll fallen soldiers, their families and veterans deserve to be spoken about with respect,\u201d Sandvik told<\/a> local media, adding that he fully understood why veterans and relatives were angered by Trump\u2019s words. More than 10,000 Norwegian troops served in Afghanistan and 10 were killed, he noted.<\/p>\n Denmark\u2019s ambassador to the United States, Jesper M\u00f8ller S\u00f8rensen, said<\/a> Danish forces fought \u201con the front line\u201d in Helmand province in the Afghan war and suffered one of the highest per-capita casualty rates among NATO allies. <\/p>\n \u201cThat was solidarity,\u201d S\u00f8rensen wrote in a post on X<\/a>. \u201cWe stood with America then \u2014 and we still do.\u201d<\/p>\n Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk recalled<\/a> attending a farewell ceremony in Ghazni in 2011 for five fallen Polish soldiers. \u201cThe American officers who accompanied me then told me that America would never forget the Polish heroes,\u201d he wrote on X<\/a>, adding: \u201cPerhaps they will remind President Trump of that fact.\u201d<\/p>\n