Trump seems to suggest we should send troops back to Afghanistan

by Prairiecrat

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Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 at 2:34:21pm PST

Massive flooding sparked by heavy rains on Friday kill more than 200 people and destroy or damage thousands of houses in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province – UN — Somewhere in Afghanistan

Presuming the quote below is accurate, not only is Trump’s dementia on full display here, but he also seems to be suggesting that we should put some troops back in Afghanistan.

If true, that would surely go over well. /s

President Trump: "We're going to get up and we're going to keep we're going to keep Bagram, not because of Afghanistan, but because of China, because it's exactly one hour away from where China makes its nuclear missiles. So they were going to keep Bagram. We're going to keep a…
— Lina Rozbih (@LinaRozbih) February 26, 2025