Trump resented having to sign letters for US troops killed in Afghanistan during his presidency
Years before Donald Trump captured the presidency in 2016, he had voiced his strong opposition to the US presence in Afghanistan, railing against a war that began after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and toppled the Taliban-led government who would emerge victorious in 2021.
In August 2012, Trump tweeted that Afghanistan was "a complete waste" and added that it was time for American troops to "come home."
But during a March 2016 GOP presidential debate, Trump's message shifted: "Well, on Afghanistan, I did mean Iraq. I think you have to stay in Afghanistan for awhile, because of the fact that you're right next to Pakistan, which has nuclear weapons, and we have to protect that."
However, just a few months into his first term in the White House, President Trump was seemingly uncomfortable with the war in Afghanistan, and he resented having to sign 'Killed in Action' letters which, in his mind, linked him to a conflict that he did not personally like but still oversaw, according to a new book by New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman.
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He just left a clusterfuck of a deal in place for Biden to do it. He was probably hoping Biden would scotch the deal and keep us in to help his future campaign plans. Instead, Biden modified it somewhat and then got us out anyway. Aside from some tragic complications, Biden got us out fairly cleanly given the cards he was dealt.
