Trump Says Why are we (US) in Afghanistan?
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, during his cabinet meeting, that he wants the regional countries, including India, Russia and Pakistan to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, during his cabinet meeting, that he wants the regional countries, including India, Russia and Pakistan to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan.
“Why is not Russia there (in Afghanistan, fighting the Taliban)? Why isn’t India there? Why isn’t Pakistan there? Why are we (US) there? We are 6,000 miles away. But I don’t mind. We want to help our people. We want to help other nations,” Trump told reporters in response to a question during the Cabinet meeting. According to Economic Times.
Mr Trump also criticised other countries involved in Afghanistan.
“What other countries have done for the last long period of time is given us some soldiers and then talk about it like it’s the end of the world. And we are subsidizing their military is by billions and billions and billions of dollars, many, many, many times, what those soldiers cost that country,” he said.
“The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They were right to be there. The problem is it was a tough fight and literally they (Russia) went bankrupt,” Trump said.
US president criticised India as well.
“I could give you an example where I get along very well with India and Prime Minister Modi. But he is constantly telling me, he built a library in Afghanistan. Library! That’s like five hours of what we spend (in Afghanistan),” Trump told his cabinet colleagues.
“And he (Modi) tells me. He is very smart. We are supposed to say, oh thank you for the library. Don’t know who’s using it (the library) in Afghanistan. But it’s one of those things. I don’t like being taken advantage of,” he added.
