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Donald Trump: “We were in Afghanistan for like 10 years.”

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

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Squawk Pod: President Donald J. Trump: America at 250 - 07/03/26 | Audio Only

Published | Video Starts at 28:45

You're not going to be in a forever war. That's true. And that's true. There are other concerns. But, Joe, we're in Vietnam for 19 years, but We were in Afghanistan for like 10 years. We were in the Korean War forever. We were in. I don't even mention World War I and World War II. They're biggies. But you know what? (28:45–28:49)

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Asserts that the U.S. was involved in Afghanistan for approximately 10 years.

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