“If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, signing his name to the end of the post.
Trump just days ago said the United States wanted to wrest back control of Bagram Air Base.
During a joint press conference in Great Britain with that country’s prime minister, Trump stated that the U.S. was “trying to get it back” because the Taliban needed things from the United States.
He also added the base’s proximity to China was a reason why his administration wanted it back.
“But one of the reasons we want that base is, as you know, it’s an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. So a lot of things are happening,” the president stressed during the presser.
Bagram was once the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in that country, the longest conflict in the nation’s history. It was abandoned in 2021 when the Joe Biden administration withdrew U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
Trump has regularly criticized the Biden administration’s handling of Afghanistan.
In speaking about the base this week, Trump complained that it had been given back to Afghanistan for nothing.
China and the Taliban have slammed Trump’s statements about retaking control of Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base.
