Then-president Donald Trump sent a secret memo to the Pentagon after he lost the election pushing them to withdraw US troops stationed around the world, according to a new report.
The note said to “get us out” of Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. It instructed the Colonel to “complete the withdrawal from Germany,” and to “get us out of Africa,” according to new reporting by Axios.
The goal was to go against the advice of the generals and remove the US from its positions around the world in a way that couldn’t easily be undone by the next administration.
Despite Mr Biden’s long-held scepticism concerning remaining in Afghanistan, Mr Trump sought credit for his successor’s ability to take such action, telling Axios he “built a train that couldn’t be stopped”.
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