Trump suggests US troops could return to base in Afghanistan, citing its proximity to rival China

President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that he is working to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from the country left the base in the Taliban’s hands. Trump floated the idea during a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he wrapped up a state visit to the U.K. and tied it to the need for the U.S. to counter its top rival, China. “We’re trying to get it back,” Trump said of the base in an aside to a question about ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.