Truth Details

And early this morning, Kelsey and I were at Arlington National Cemetery with the families of service members who lost their lives in the catastrophic
withdrawal
from Afghanistan.
Not that we withdrew, but the way they did
it. We were going to do it with dignity and strength. We were in the process of getting out. We would have never given up Bagram,
1 of the biggest air bases in the world, 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. We gave it up. We gave it. We gave them everything. China took it over.
China now occupies it. Can you imagine?
The longest,
most powerful runways, I think 8 feet of concrete
down.
And we gave it all up, spent billions and billions of dollars
years ago building it 1 hour away.
And we're gone.
And now China occupies it.
Today marks the
three-year anniversary of the terrorist attack at
Abigayt. Now, we say Abigayt. A lot of people don't know what that means. It means Afghanistan
that left 13 American service members dead, dozens more badly wounded, and many innocent civilians also killed and injured, hundreds of people killed.
Never been anything like it. It's the wrong base. Shouldn't have taken the soldiers out first. Shouldn't have taken the soldiers out last. That's where you'd want to be.
They took the soldiers out first and they had a field day
at our expense and our reputation.
We
will never forget those brave warriors who made the supreme sacrifice
for our country.
They will live
in our hearts forever.
And
to all the Gold Star families, our gratitude is everlasting,
will be everlasting always.
We will honor their memory by restoring a government that puts the American people first.