US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Taliban are mixed about US withdrawal from Afghanistan and they make fortune by having them stay in the country.
Trump said this on Twitter in response to an editorial on Wall Street Journal warning him not to be “impulsive” on Afghanistan.
“Could somebody please explain to them that we have been there for 19 years, and while soldier counts are way down now, hardly impulsive,” Trump said.
“Besides, the Taliban is mixed about even wanting us to get out. They make a fortune $$$ by having us stay, and except at the beginning, we never really fought to win,” Trump added.
He reiterated that US military role in Afghanistan has turned into a police force.
“We are more of a police force than the mighty military that we are, especially now as rebuilt. No, I am not acting impulsively!,” Trump said.
