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MPs Slam Trump as 'International Gangster' Over NATO Comments

1/23/2026

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On January 22, 2026, in Macclesfield, United Kingdom, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran criticized U.S. President Donald Trump as an "international gangster" and likened him to a school bully.
Labour MP Emily Thornberry condemned Trump's NATO comments as disrespectful to families of fallen soldiers.
Trump reiterated his claim that a Greenland deal would give the United States "total" and indefinite access.
The debate centered on the U.S.-UK "special relationship".

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On January 22, 2026, in Macclesfield, United Kingdom, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran criticized U.S. President Donald Trump as an "international gangster" and likened him to a school bully.
Labour MP Emily Thornberry condemned Trump's NATO comments as disrespectful to families of fallen soldiers.
Trump reiterated his claim that a Greenland deal would give the United States "total" and indefinite access.
The debate centered on the U.S.-UK "special relationship".