On Thursday, President Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to the press following a historic meeting.
While speaking to the press, President Trump announced that his administration is “trying” to get the former U.S. Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan “back” from the Taliban.
Trump criticized Biden’s chaotic and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
In 2021, Joe Biden abandoned Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ secret departure more than two hours after they left.
The Taliban quickly took control of Bagram, which is only 30 miles north of Kabul, on August 15th of 2021, and released thousands of terrorists held at its prison. Days later, Islamic terrorists killed 173 Afghans and 13 Americans at the Kabul Airport.
Biden also left billions of dollars’ worth of U.S. military equipment and supplies behind in the hands of the Taliban.
In May, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced a full investigation into Biden’s deadly failure.
Although China has denied it, there are reports that the communist nation may be posturing to take over the abandoned base.
Trump told reporters, “They just went through the Afghanistan total disaster, for no reason whatsoever. We’re going to leave Afghanistan, but we are going to leave it with strength and dignity. We’re going to keep Bagram, the big airbase, one of the biggest airbases in the world.”
“We gave it to them for nothing. We’re trying to get it back, by the way. That could be a little breaking news.”
“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.”
Watch:
@POTUS on Bagram Airfield, which fell to the Taliban in Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal:
“We’re trying to get it back, by the way. That could be a little breaking news… It’s an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons.” pic.twitter.com/Lbe9dcnfjS
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 18, 2025
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