Politics

Biden Wants to End the War in Afghanistan

Trump must be livid

Caren White
Politically Speaking
4 min readApr 16, 2021

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Remember when Trump would talk about ending the wars in the Middle East during his rallies? It was a great applause line. But, of course, no wars were ever ended because Trump’s decisions always depended on the last person he talked to. So when he would discuss ending the wars with his military advisors, they would always talk him out of it.

Biden, on the other hand, is not so manipulable. He has given it a lot of thought. Unlike Trump who has no thoughts beyond a stolen election and who voted to impeach or convict him.

No amount of military suasion is going to change Biden’s mind. Except maybe if the Taliban suddenly developed nuclear capabilities. Then Biden might reconsider his decision.

Trump must be livid about this decision because he wants credit for ending the Afghan war. Like he wanted credit for development of the COVID-19 vaccines. He hated it when Biden got credit for actually getting the vaccines into people’s arms.

Trump wanted credit because of his hilariously named Operation Warp Speed. What he doesn’t want credit for is the $10 billion (that’s billion with a “b”) that he took from hospitals struggling to care for COVID patients and gave to the pharmaceutical companies to develop the

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Caren White
Politically Speaking

Top Writer in Politics and Government. I always speak my mind. Follow me on Mastodon @carenawhite