The US is moving to reclaim the Bagram airbase from the Taliban after losing it during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Donald Trump announced.

“We’re trying to get it back, by the way,” Mr Trump told reporters during a joint press conference with Sir Keir Starmer in Aylesbury on Thursday.

The Bagram base was the largest operated by the US in Afghanistan and is strategically important in countering China’s growing influence in the region.

Mr Trump suggested that he was negotiating with the Taliban to retake ownership, adding: “We’re trying to get it back because they need things from us. We want that base back.”

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    22 hours ago

    you get socialized Healthcare

    No, you get state-provided healthcare, same as you get in any other developed non-socialist country besides the US.

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      Sure. The term in the US that is used is “socialized healthcare”, mostly as a pejorative. I use the term in this instance to point out their hypocrisy. It’s state-provided taxpayer funded healthcare, but that’s only acceptable in the US for service members and dependants, for some reason.