Trump's actions possibly 'undermined' his deal with Taliban, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper say

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Source: CNN

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that he was concerned that then-President Donald Trump "undermined" the US' 2020 agreement with the Taliban by pushing for US forces to leave Afghanistan without the Taliban meeting the conditions of the deal.

The Trump administration's "Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan" outlined a series of commitments from the US and the Taliban related to troop levels, counterterrorism and intra-Afghan dialogue aimed at bringing about "a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire."

But, Esper told CNN's Christiane Amanpour, "my concern was that President Trump, by continuing to want to withdraw American forces out of Afghanistan, undermined the agreement, which is why in the fall when he was calling for a return of US forces by Christmas, I objected and formally wrote a letter to him, a memo based on recommendations from the military chain of command and my senior civilian leadership that we not go further -- that we not reduce below 4,500 troops unless and until conditions were met by the Taliban."

"Otherwise," Esper continued, "we would see a number of things play out, which are unfolding right now in many ways."

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[PJMcK]

1. So Trump screwed up

Who could have guessed?

[Merlot]

4. He didn't screw up, he sabotaged it.

[Phoenix61]

5. Yep! Once he lost, I believe, his

one mission was to screw Biden. Why do you think they shut out his transition team? Can only imagine what documents got shredded.

[dweller]

2. ETTD

e v e r y t h i n g . . .


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[hay rick]

3. Missing from the headlines. nt

[PerceptionManagement]

6. two trillion dollars, just set on fire.

[abqtommy]

7. We know that everything Former Orange Lardo touches turns into something that fell out of

a tall cow's behind. He's caused a LOT of problems and we need to make sure he gets what he
deserves.

[LiberatedUSA]

8. He undermined his entire lifestyle by winning the Presidency.

Had he let his grudge against Obama’s joke go, he would still be enjoying life instead of facing real lawsuits with teeth, investigations, possible bankruptcy and possibly even prison.

[monkeyman1]

9. it's not possibly - he is going ! only way he get's out of going is 6 feet under !

[dlk]

11. Putin's puppet did exactly what he was told

Agreeing to the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners, for starters.

[Lonestarblue]

12. I truly hope that some group in our government (CIA?) has investigated Trump's ties to Putin.

There’s a reason Putin wanted Trump to be president other than to screw up the US as much as possible. But my real question is this: Which other Republicans are the Russians/Putin targeting to become a future president, perhaps one even more beholden to them? Trump was a trial run, and if we don’t know exactly how he was convinced to be so supportive of Putin, then we don’t know whether Putin is grooming another Republican as his Manchurian candidate—and more importantly who that candidate might be.

[dlk]

13. I hope so, too

This is far from over. Putin is still a threat.

[emmaverybo]

14. Putin rode a trojan Trump horse into the heart of our government, our democratic processes,

our cyber security—all of it. Agree we must find out the how, when, where, who/s because Putin and gang will not let go now. There are others at least as power mad and compromised as Trump. Probably being groomed fo4 glory as we speculate. And MSM doing a great job of setting us up.