In an unannounced visit to U.S. troops on Thanksgiving, the president said that he had reopened negotiations with the Taliban.
US President Donald Trump speaks to the troops during a surprise Thanksgiving day visit at Bagram Air Field, on November 28, 2019 in Afghanistan.President Donald Trump made a surprise trip to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Thanksgiving Day and said he had reopened negotiations with the Taliban.The New York Times
reported. He arrived at the location shortly after 8.30 p.m. local time and spent roughly two-and-a-half hours greeting troops and the country's president. In addition to serving traditional Thanksgiving food for the troops at the Bagram airbase, Trump also met with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani. Trump was joined by acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, and Wyoming Senator John Barrasso, according toIn his speech, Trump said of the Taliban:"We'll see if they make a deal. If they do, they do, and if they don't, they don't. That's fine," he said.
"Now they do want to do a cease-fire," the president also stated."I believe it'll probably work out that way." Trump had ended negotiations with the Taliban over two months ago, after a Taliban bombing in Kabul that killed an American soldier and 11 others.The Associated PressBefore the news of the Afghanistan visit broke, the president sent out a tweet wishing Americans a happy Thanksgiving holiday Thursday morning:
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