President Donald Trump on Friday said he would have kept Bagram Airfield not for Afghanistan, but for China, because it is &just one hour away from where Beijing makes its nuclear weapons.&Speaking at signing executive orders at the White House, Trump referred to Bagram Airfield as &one of the largest airbases in the world.&Trump reiterated his criticism of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, asserting that China now controls Bagram Airfield.&I was getting out, but I was going to keep Bagram,& Trump told reporters, referring to his administration'splans for Afghanistan.
&Right now, China has Bagram.&Trump also argued that the withdrawal, overseen by former President Biden in 2021, emboldened Russia and contributed to its invasion of Ukraine.&When Putin looked over and saw how incompetently that was handled,& he said, &Afghanistan really started the problems with Russia and Ukraine.&The post Trump claims China controls Bagram Airfield first appeared on Ariana News.