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Donald Trump: “I was going to keep Bagram, the air base.”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump's Speech at the National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner in Washington, D.C.

Published | Video Starts at 1:14:23

Most embarrassing moment in the history of our country not leaving. I was going to leave. I'm the one that got them to a point where they couldn't leave. But I was going to keep Bagram, the air base. The biggest. One of the biggest in the world. I was going to keep it, not for Afghanistan, because it's one hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. (1:14:23–1:14:25)

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