Trump Says He Is Trying to Get Bagram Air Base Back from the Taliban
President Donald Trump said he was working to reestablish America’s largest military base in Afghanistan. While Trump negotiated an agreement with the Taliban to end the Afghan War, he has argued that President Joe Biden made a mistake by withdrawing from the Bagram Air Base.
While discussing Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, Trump explained that the US made a mistake by withdrawing from the Bagram Air Base, and he had planned to keep the facility. However, Trump signed an agreement with the Taliban to end the Afghan War and withdraw from the country.
Trump says he is now working to establish the military facility. “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,” The President said Thursday.
🚨 @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
