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BumRushDaShow

(160,763 posts)
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 06:53 AM Sep 21

Trump warns Afghanistan of 'bad things' if Bagram Air Base not returned to US

Source: The Hill

09/20/25 7:29 PM ET


President Trump on Saturday threatened the Taliban government of Afghanistan, saying “bad things are going to happen” if it does not give Bagram Air Base back to the United States.

“If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, signing his name to the end of the post.

Trump just days ago said the United States wanted to wrest back control of Bagram Air Base.

During a joint press conference in Great Britain with that country’s prime minister, Trump said the U.S. was “trying to get it back” because the Taliban needed things from the United States. He also said the base’s proximity to China was a reason why his administration wanted it back.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5514102-trump-wants-bagram-airbase/

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Trump warns Afghanistan of 'bad things' if Bagram Air Base not returned to US (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 21 OP
Me want toy. Me start screaming if I don't get toy. Irish_Dem Sep 21 #1
I was just going to say: "Why does this idiot usually sound like a God-Damn 3 year old? chouchou Sep 21 #33
I answered your question in advance. Irish_Dem Sep 21 #36
Constant nightmares..................... Lovie777 Sep 21 #2
yep oldinmtdem92 Sep 21 #14
Yes, but........ SergeStorms Sep 21 #55
The White House is The People's House, he's been desecrating it since day #1 Rhiannon12866 Sep 21 #57
Not in King Kon's mind. SergeStorms Tuesday #67
"people have wanted a ballroom for 150 years" rampartd Sep 21 #58
This is Why the MAGAs Voted Him In eringer Sep 21 #3
Pretty sure Virginia doesn't want it back Queso Delicioso Sep 21 #40
Totally Agree! N/T tonekat Sep 21 #64
The US spent 20 years fighting a fruitless war Deminpenn Sep 21 #4
And he "negotiated" Bagram away in the withdrawal treaty that Biden followed. the nelm Sep 21 #32
Yeah, Putin's Plan for World Domination Cha Sep 21 #59
He's crazy. Nobody wants to mess with crazy. kerouac2 Sep 21 #5
Taliban have already shown they can out-crazy anybody. Turnip is diving face-first into a wasp nest here. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 21 #9
Billions more flushed down the drain trying to hold it. More dead service personnel for nothing. paleotn Sep 21 #16
Give that man SCantiGOP Sep 21 #30
Once again The Hill gab13by13 Sep 21 #6
They are just reporting on this lunatic's rantings BumRushDaShow Sep 21 #10
Ok, you have 72 hours to come and get it and take it the hell out of here. Buddyzbuddy Sep 21 #7
stupid bastard.. Maxheader Sep 21 #8
Sure make the Taliban give it back to who built it.. The Soviets LiberalArkie Sep 21 #11
Melaaaaaaaaaaaaniaaaaaaaaah was humping Epstein while Trump watched. twodogsbarking Sep 21 #12
No, the Taliban won't let him build a resort hotel and casino Vogon_Glory Sep 21 #13
Lets jump back into that quagmire! paleotn Sep 21 #15
Afghanistan is quicksand to countries trying to occupy it. ananda Sep 21 #25
Anything but the Epstein files. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 21 #17
This is the newest Epstein distraction. Dulcinea Sep 21 #29
1. In 2020, TSF signed the Doha Agreement with the Taliban Seinan Sensei Sep 21 #66
Bagram was built by the soviet union in the 50's.... moonshinegnomie Sep 21 #18
We must have it. We just must have it. National security as reasoned by a four-year-old. Eugene Sep 21 #19
Veruca Salt BumRushDaShow Sep 21 #21
I think of laughter and fun as being banned there. ananda Sep 21 #26
Has someone lost his mind? COL Mustard Sep 21 #20
Project 2025 no doubt "wants a base" for easy hits on Iran... IthinkThereforeIAM Sep 21 #22
Hmmm... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 21 #45
aside from his... keroro gunsou Sep 21 #23
EPSTEIN FILES....EPSTEIN FILES....EPSTEIN FILES....EPSTEIN FILES.... Bengus81 Sep 21 #24
Will he ever run out of Epstein diversions? Turbineguy Sep 21 #27
this is called trying to one up Biden. "only I can rewin the afghan war!!!" Javaman Sep 21 #28
He's building a new golf course there (Vietnam) IcyPeas Sep 21 #62
Like they care, probably laughing their a**s off...... Butterflylady Sep 21 #31
HEY GANG, ORANGE ZADDY IS TAKING US BACK TO AFGHANISTAN!!!! Montauk6 Sep 21 #34
Logistics? Strelnikov_ Sep 21 #35
Damn Solly Mack Sep 21 #37
MaddowBlog-Trump, eyeing return to Afghanistan, says U.S. is 'trying to get' back Bagram Airbase LetMyPeopleVote Sep 21 #38
Of course . . . AverageOldGuy Sep 21 #39
I'm sure they are shaking in their sandals. twodogsbarking Sep 21 #41
YOU negotiated the deal to give Bagram to the Taliban in the first place, you sack of shit. LudwigPastorius Sep 21 #42
Does he think we can just pick the base up and put it on a ship and bring it back? appleannie1 Sep 21 #43
No backsies. Oh, and RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. Drum Sep 21 #44
How do you return an Air Base? milestogo Sep 21 #46
Smoke screen Warpy Sep 21 #47
What is America going to do? Invade with 100,000 troops and spend $2T in borrowed money for twenty years? n/t Jacson6 Sep 21 #48
Taliban reject Trump's bid to retake Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan LetMyPeopleVote Sep 21 #49
...urged the U.S. to adopt a policy of "realism and rationality." IcyPeas Sep 21 #63
Unenforceable ultimatums make Trump look totally ineffective, weak, and powerless. Martin68 Sep 21 #50
Drop the "big one" usonian Sep 21 #51
So what's he going to do? Randomthought Sep 21 #52
Didn't he sign a treaty to leave Afghanistan? sakabatou Sep 21 #53
Epstein. Files. Lists. Inteviews. Testimony. Investigations.Death. Cover up. Denial. Purging. twodogsbarking Sep 21 #54
No one is listening to you TACO! Ray Bruns Sep 21 #56
Trump is the bad thing, for all. Seems like a lose/lose situation. twodogsbarking Sep 21 #60
'All your bases are belong to me'. nt wiggs Sep 21 #61
They've already defeated us and the Soviets iemanja Sep 21 #65

chouchou

(2,393 posts)
33. I was just going to say: "Why does this idiot usually sound like a God-Damn 3 year old?
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 11:25 AM
Sep 21

I just answered my own thoughts..

Lovie777

(20,481 posts)
2. Constant nightmares.....................
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:01 AM
Sep 21

shithole is reprehensible mad man and he will get a lot of Americans killed.

COVID, blowing people in small boats, threatening the opposition, no free speech, no democracy, and stealing tax payer's money, etc.

And gawd damn, the White House is the people's house not his.

oldinmtdem92

(55 posts)
14. yep
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 08:52 AM
Sep 21

please wake me when the nightmare is over ,sick of the 1% pretty well sums it up ,our democratic party need balls now more than ever! eat the rich.

SergeStorms

(19,785 posts)
55. Yes, but........
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 03:10 PM
Sep 21

he's using OUR TAX DOLLARS to build a huge, beautiful new Ball Room FOR US at the White House.
So we have that going for us, which is nice.

Rhiannon12866

(243,700 posts)
57. The White House is The People's House, he's been desecrating it since day #1
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 05:03 PM
Sep 21

Shouldn't the people be consulted on this "addition" and destruction of centuries old trees??

SergeStorms

(19,785 posts)
67. Not in King Kon's mind.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:31 PM
Tuesday

He represents the people, so in his mind he IS the people. What he wants, everyone wants.
You don't know how much it alarms me that I can see the world the way he sees it. It terrifies me.

rampartd

(2,480 posts)
58. "people have wanted a ballroom for 150 years"
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 05:08 PM
Sep 21

and have made due with the numerous venues already available.

eringer

(499 posts)
3. This is Why the MAGAs Voted Him In
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:10 AM
Sep 21

They want the Air Base that the convicted felon gave away to the Taliban. Amazing. You can’t make these things up. Virginia should make a request that he return the Western part of the State that was stolen by Lincoln to illegally creat West Virginia.

Queso Delicioso

(116 posts)
40. Pretty sure Virginia doesn't want it back
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:18 PM
Sep 21

Or if they do, they can expect NoVA to secede in the event they get it. More red county ingrates to support? No thanks.

Deminpenn

(17,015 posts)
4. The US spent 20 years fighting a fruitless war
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:11 AM
Sep 21

in Afghanistan, gave up and went home. IIRC, Trump was good with all that.

To the victors go the spoils and that includes Bagram AFB.

the nelm

(173 posts)
32. And he "negotiated" Bagram away in the withdrawal treaty that Biden followed.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 11:21 AM
Sep 21

Now he wants it back? JHC, what the ever lovin' hell.

kerouac2

(1,292 posts)
5. He's crazy. Nobody wants to mess with crazy.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:11 AM
Sep 21

So he may just get what he wants. In exchange for God knows what, at taxpayer expense.

eppur_se_muova

(40,117 posts)
9. Taliban have already shown they can out-crazy anybody. Turnip is diving face-first into a wasp nest here. nt
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:48 AM
Sep 21

paleotn

(20,947 posts)
16. Billions more flushed down the drain trying to hold it. More dead service personnel for nothing.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 09:05 AM
Sep 21

That's the expense.

gab13by13

(29,877 posts)
6. Once again The Hill
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:41 AM
Sep 21

either doesn't understand what Krasnov is doing here, or The Hill is complicit in making Krasnov look like a tough guy.

Afghanistan's economy is in dire straits, it needs help, it needs money, I guarantee that Afghanistan will never turn over that base unless it gets wheelbarrows full of taxpayer dollars.

Always remember, The Hill, where John Solomon wrote over a dozen articles claiming that the 2020 election was stolen. The Hill was a beacon for the narrative, "STOP THE STEAL.

I will never click on links from The Hill.

BumRushDaShow

(160,763 posts)
10. They are just reporting on this lunatic's rantings
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:51 AM
Sep 21

that represent an escalation from what had been reported earlier about interest in that base - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143532618

Buddyzbuddy

(1,564 posts)
7. Ok, you have 72 hours to come and get it and take it the hell out of here.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:41 AM
Sep 21

But, next time "you snooze you lose."

What a moron.
It's like a burglar breaking into your home and he left his car keys behind.

paleotn

(20,947 posts)
15. Lets jump back into that quagmire!
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 09:03 AM
Sep 21

Bad things are going to happen? Like adding even more years to America's 20 years of abject failure in the Stan? OK.

ananda

(33,344 posts)
25. Afghanistan is quicksand to countries trying to occupy it.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 10:30 AM
Sep 21

It has to do with its geography.

What did happen when the Russians were there
is that they left it with only crazy men left.
The good ones were killed off.

Dulcinea

(9,199 posts)
29. This is the newest Epstein distraction.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 10:42 AM
Sep 21

The Charlie Kirk distraction has pretty much run its course. Gotta move on.

Seinan Sensei

(1,153 posts)
66. 1. In 2020, TSF signed the Doha Agreement with the Taliban
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 10:07 PM
Sep 21

… to withdrawn from Afghanistan
2, in 2021, Biden withdrew from Afghanistan (Bagram Air Base)
3. The Epstein Files
4. TSF wants Bagram Air Base back

Eugene

(66,418 posts)
19. We must have it. We just must have it. National security as reasoned by a four-year-old.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 09:41 AM
Sep 21

The Great Dealmaker cannot grasp the most fundamental concepts of strategic diplomacy.

Meanwhile the Taliban must be doubled over laughing at him.

COL Mustard

(7,596 posts)
20. Has someone lost his mind?
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 09:51 AM
Sep 21

JFC...why on Earth would the Taliban let us use that air base? And it's not like we're going to kick the doors down to occupy it.

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,233 posts)
22. Project 2025 no doubt "wants a base" for easy hits on Iran...
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 10:02 AM
Sep 21

.... my first thought when Der Dingleberry started begging for Bagram. Wormtongue whispering in his ear.

Javaman

(64,547 posts)
28. this is called trying to one up Biden. "only I can rewin the afghan war!!!"
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 10:38 AM
Sep 21

Last edited Mon Sep 22, 2025, 09:04 AM - Edit history (1)

is he also going to start another war with Vietnam too?

fucking moron.

IcyPeas

(24,296 posts)
62. He's building a new golf course there (Vietnam)
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:55 PM
Sep 21
HUNG YEN, August 11 (Reuters) - Vietnamese farmer Nguyen Thi Huong has slept poorly since authorities told her to vacate her farm for a Trump family-backed golf resort, offering just $3,200 and rice provisions in return.

The golf resort, for which construction is scheduled to begin next month, is offering thousands of villagers such compensation packages to leave the land that has provided their livelihood for years or decades, according to six people with direct knowledge and documents seen by Reuters.


Exclusive: Fistful of dollars and rice for Vietnam farmers displaced for $1.5 billion Trump golf club | Reuters
https://share.google/OdDkOIEjJRqNE2Kxe

Strelnikov_

(8,051 posts)
35. Logistics?
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 11:29 AM
Sep 21

The Soviets, followed by the US, had somewhat secure land routes to the base.

Re supply by air, in the emerging era of low cost artillery drones?

The Russians and Chinese would never drop off box loads to Jihadi’s trying to make a name for themselves.

LetMyPeopleVote

(170,297 posts)
38. MaddowBlog-Trump, eyeing return to Afghanistan, says U.S. is 'trying to get' back Bagram Airbase
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:00 PM
Sep 21

The president says he wants to reclaim a former U.S. base in Afghanistan. The Taliban apparently has different ideas.

As Trump talks about reclaiming a former U.S. base in Afghanistan, spare a thought for the voters who convinced themselves that Trump was the candidate of foreign policy restraint and isolationism.

Those voters did not choose wisely. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-09-19T12:54:08.215Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-eyeing-return-afghanistan-says-us-trying-get-back-bagram-airbase-rcna232372

Around this time four years ago, as Donald Trump watched in frustration as Joe Biden ended the war in Afghanistan — a goal the Republican had wanted to complete, but didn’t — the then-former president suggested it might be a good idea to send U.S. troops back into the country......

Years later, Trump is back in the White House, and he’s still talking about going back into Afghanistan. NBC News reported:

Trump said that the U.S. was ‘trying’ to get back Bagram Airbase, a former U.S. military base in Afghanistan. He did not provide details or what it would mean for U.S. troops, who left Afghanistan in 2021 during a widely criticized withdrawal.


Speaking to reporters at an event in England, Trump said of Bagram, “We’re trying to get it back, by the way. OK, that could be a little breaking news. We’re trying to get it back, because they need things from us. We want that base back.”

He didn’t appear to be kidding.

Trump: Bagram, one of the biggest air bases, we gave to them for nothing. We are trying to get it back, that could be breaking news. They need things from us.

Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2025-09-18T18:55:57.993Z


The Taliban, for what it’s worth, made clear soon after that it’s not willing to return the base to American control, and it’s difficult to imagine the White House changing Taliban leaders’ minds.

.....Five years later, however, Trump has launched deadly military strikes on civilian boats in international waters. And launched preemptive military strikes on targets in Iran. And initiated a bombing campaign in Yemen. And announced his desire to annex Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal and the Gaza Strip. And directed the Pentagon to target drug cartels in Mexico.

And is now once again focusing on Afghanistan.

If you voted for Trump because you expected restraint on foreign policy and the use of military force abroad, I have some awful news for you.

LudwigPastorius

(13,481 posts)
42. YOU negotiated the deal to give Bagram to the Taliban in the first place, you sack of shit.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:47 PM
Sep 21

"Bad things are going to happen"...yeah, we know...you'll fill your diaper.

appleannie1

(5,347 posts)
43. Does he think we can just pick the base up and put it on a ship and bring it back?
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:52 PM
Sep 21

I doubt that anyone that has already served there is in a hurry to go back. I wish someone would buy him a huge set of toy soldiers to play with. Possibly even life size GI Joes. That way he can play tough guy to his heart's content without getting anyone killed. Amazing how he wants to play soldier without ever being one because he is chicken when it comes to his own life.

Warpy

(113,955 posts)
47. Smoke screen
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 01:20 PM
Sep 21

Too many stupid things are blowing up in his stupid, piggy face right now and he needs distractions, so he's lobbing ultra high priced weapons at Venezuelan speed boats, threatening everybody but Russia and his good buddy Putin with war, and now going back on something he specifically negotiated away in his first term in order to get us out of Afghanistan after 20 years of deadly futility.

Nobody wants hat base back. Afghanistan will be just as much of a mess for the Chinese as it was for the collective west, Xi's reach is vastly outpacing his grasp. A base there is just not that important, AFAIK, other countries in the region filling the gap because Iran scares the hell out of them. It's why we turned it over to the Taliban in the first place.

So I'm seeing this, the attack on Venezuelan drug courier boats, the sabre rattling at India, and all the other stupidly incoherent rantings that pass for foreign policy these days as just so much hot air, meant to distract people away from what really has his diapers in a wad.

Jacson6

(1,554 posts)
48. What is America going to do? Invade with 100,000 troops and spend $2T in borrowed money for twenty years? n/t
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 01:44 PM
Sep 21

LetMyPeopleVote

(170,297 posts)
49. Taliban reject Trump's bid to retake Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 01:48 PM
Sep 21

The Taliban government has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to retake Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan

The Taliban reject Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-bagram-trump-airbase-122225b702aa6b788c3a9836add60db1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Natalie Davis (@nataliedavis.journa.host.ap.brid.gy) 2025-09-21T15:04:12.000Z

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/taliban-reject-trumps-bid-retake-bagram-air-base-125780496

JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- The Taliban government on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan left the sprawling military facility in the Taliban's hands.

Trump on Saturday renewed his call to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram, even saying “we’re talking now to Afghanistan” about the matter. He did not offer further details about the purported conversations. Asked by a reporter if he’d consider deploying U.S. troops to take the base, Trump demurred.

“We won’t talk about that,” Trump said. “We want it back, and we want it back right away. If they don’t do it, you’re going to find out what I’m going to do.”

On Sunday, chief Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid rejected Trump’s assertions and urged the U.S. to adopt a policy of “realism and rationality.”

IcyPeas

(24,296 posts)
63. ...urged the U.S. to adopt a policy of "realism and rationality."
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 08:03 PM
Sep 21

Trump... adopting a policy of realism and rationality!

twodogsbarking

(15,980 posts)
54. Epstein. Files. Lists. Inteviews. Testimony. Investigations.Death. Cover up. Denial. Purging.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 02:56 PM
Sep 21

Oh, look over there, or no where.

Ray Bruns

(5,621 posts)
56. No one is listening to you TACO!
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 04:21 PM
Sep 21

And somehow, I don’t think the Taliban are especially impressed by your threats.

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