WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that he is working to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from the country left the base in the Taliban’s hands.
Trump floated the idea during a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he wrapped up a state visit to the U.K. and tied it to the need for the U.S. to counter its top rival, China.
“We’re trying to get it back,” Trump said of the base in an aside to a question about ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
While Trump described his call for the U.S. military to reestablish a position in Afghanistan as “breaking news,” the Republican president has previously raised the idea. The White House did not immediately respond to questions about whether it or the Pentagon has done any planning around returning to the sprawling air base, which was central to America’s longest war.
Invading Afghanistan always works out well for every empire that’s tried it.
YEAH BABY BACK TO THE DESERT 20 MORE YEARS SAY IT WITH ME 20 MORE YEARS IN HURKADURKISTAN FOR FREEDOM THEY HATE US BECAUSE OF OUR FREEDOM 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇮🇱🇺🇲🇺🇲
What’s another trillion or two?
If it’s so important what idiot gave it away?
back to the sandbox for GI, i guess.
oh this is a grand idea… just wow… the ingeniousness is giving me an aneurysm.
I hope of Trump doesn’t die in the next month that I do. I’m so sick of this shit.
