Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Friday, September 19, 2025

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States is trying to "get back" the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, more than four years after the U.S. military's withdrawal at the conclusion of the nearly two-decade long U.S. war in the nation. Trump said during a press conference in the United Kingdom that his plan was to leave Afghanistan with "strength and dignity" and keep the air base, which he described as "one of the biggest airbases in the world." "We gave it to them for nothing," he said."We are trying to get it back by the way. OK, that could be a little breaking news." He continued, "We're trying to get it back, because they need things from us. We want that base back. But one of the reasons we want the base is, as you know, it's an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons."

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Dummkopf Trumpf and Marco Rubella did nothing to help Afghanistan after its recent devastating earthquake. In fact, Trumpf's destroying USAID hurt the people of Afghanistan: sg.news.yahoo.com

Moreover, Trumpf initially made this suggestion about "retaking Bagram AB" months ago at one of his first cabinet meetings: orionpolicy.org

So how "could this be a little breaking news" as he driveled?

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