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KATE HUDSON believes a mass turn out at demonstration next week in London will send a pertinent anti-war message to Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Nato delegates
PLAYING WITH FIRE: Nato’s Enhanced Forward Presence Sabre Strike exercise in Poland

NEXT week, Trump is coming back to London for Nato’s 70th anniversary summit. He will no doubt take the opportunity to further promote his friend Boris Johnson — a case of foreign intervention in an election if ever there was one.

There are many reasons to oppose Trump, and his militarism, war-mongering and reckless addiction to nuclear weapons must feature pretty near the top of the list.

Looking back over his record in the White House it’s hard to believe that during his election campaign, Trump promised to put an end to pointless foreign wars and attacked spending on useless and massively expensive new military equipment.

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