KABUL (Pajhwok): In a veiled reference to US and its allies helplessness on Ukraine conflict, former US President Donald Trump during an exclusive interview with Fox news termed US forces withdrawal from Afghanistan a ‘surrender’.
The way the Biden administration withdrew US troops and military assets from Afghanistan was a “surrender.”
“Getting out was a good thing. I had it down to two thousand soldiers,” Trump said, referring to his decision as commander-in-chief to reduce the footprint of US troops in the region.
“We were going to get out with strength and dignity, but to take the soldiers, the great Army out first— we took our Army and Marines—we took them out first to do that and leave the Americans behind, leave other people behind, leave $85 billion worth of equipment behind.”
Trumped warned that Russia’s multi-front invasion in Ukraine could lead to “world war” and told Fox News Digital that the Biden administration is going to have to “do a lot more than just sanctions” to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin.
During an exclusive one-on-one interview with Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday, the former president said Russia’s war on Ukraine “never should have happened.”
“It is a horrible thing. It would never have happened under any circumstance, and it is what it is,” Trump said.
“But there’s great bravery being shown, and I think they’re doing one hell of a job—much more so than anybody would have thought possible.”
When asked if he had a message to Putin, the former president said: “I have no message.”
“I just think it’s a shame that this is going on. It’s something that should not be going on,” Trump said.
“Thousands of people, I mean, this can lead to much bigger than this one area,” Trump warned. “This could lead to a lot of other countries and can lead to world war.”Trump said “you never know how it starts, in a world war.”
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