In his last two years in office, former President Donald Trump did everything he could to get the United States out of Afghanistan, an effort that was capped off by a deal with the Taliban in February 2020 to bring all the troops home by May 1 of the following year.

Trump tried his hardest not only to accelerate the withdrawal but also to make it difficult, if not impossible, for any future president to reverse course.

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