President Donald Trump said Thursday he is working to regain American possession of Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.

Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered a joint press conference at the Chequers Estate during Trump’s final stop on his state visit to the United Kingdom. Trump revealed his effort to bring the air base, which the United States forfeited to the Taliban during the Biden administration’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal, back under American control.

“We’re trying to get it back, by the way, okay? That could be a little breaking news. We’re trying to get it back because they need things from us. We want that base back,” Trump said.

“But one of the reasons we want the base is, as you know, it’s an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. So a lot of

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