Trump Says Calamitous 2021 Afghanistan Withdrawal Set Off Wars Around the World

Former president says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Hamas’s attack on Israel would not have happened if he was in office, during North Carolina stump speech.

The stage, set behind bulletproof glass, where former President Donald Trump is set to speak, in Asheboro, N.C., on Aug. 21, 2021. Julia Nikhinson/AP Photo

Former President Donald Trump said the carnage that unfolded on Aug. 26, 2021, at Kabul’s airport set the stage for “all these wars starting all over the place,” putting the planet “very close to a third world war.”

“Since the Afghanistan catastrophe, it’s been open season on America and our allies,” Trump said during a 70-minute Aug. 21 stump at Asheboro Regional Airport in North Carolina.