Here’s a feelgood story for the day. Your president made a “surprise visit” to troops in Afghanistan for Thanksgiving. A Surprise to them and his first trip to that theater since his election.
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – President Donald Trump made a surprise Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Thursday and said he believed Taliban insurgents would agree to a ceasefire in America’s longest war. …
The Air Force One presidential plane touched down at Bagram Airfield after an overnight flight from Washington with White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien, a small group of aides and Secret Service agents, and a pool of reporters.
Trump met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and addressed U.S. troops. He was greeted by U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, upon his arrival at the sprawling airfield.
Trump served turkey to some U.S. troops and sat down to eat Thanksgiving dinner with them. He chatted and had his picture taken with some of the U.S. forces deployed there.
