WATCH: Trump says U.S. ‘trying to get’ Bagram Air Base back from Afghan government

President Donald Trump suggested Thursday he wants to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.

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“We’re trying to get it back,” Trump said in an aside as he lamented the difficulty of solving wars, that weaved into him slamming President Joe Biden for how he carried out the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

In a news conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump described his call for the U.S. military to re-establish a beachhead in Afghanistan as “breaking news” but he has previously raised the idea.

The president repeated his view that a U.S. presence at Bagram is of value because of it’s proximity to China, the United States most significant economic and military competitor.