AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “Look, Afghanistan — we’ve been there for many years. We’re like a police force. We’re not fighting in Afghanistan; we’re a police force in Afghanistan. And at some point, they’re going to have to be able to take care of their country, and they’re going to have to be able to police their country.
But we’re not meant to be a police force; we’re meant to be fighters…
You know, our force is down quite a bit, as you know. We’re way down. And a lot of people have come back, brought them back. But the government has to be able, at some point, to do something for themselves.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Meeting with Governor Polis of Colorado and Governor Burgum of North Dakota,” whitehouse.gov, May 13, 2020