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Speaking at an event on Saturday in Mar-a-Lago hosted by conservative organization Turning Point Action, the former US president condemned General Mark Milley,
In reference to the withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Trump said: “I want every nut, every bolt, every screw.
“We're taking everything. We're taking down the tents. They left all the tents. They left everything.
“Couldn't they have flown in a couple of hundred pilots and flown the planes out?”
Mocking the US top general, President Trump continued: “I’ll never forget Milley saying to me, ‘Sir, sir. It's cheaper to leave the equipment than to bring it’.
“I said ‘really?’
“You’ve got a $50m dollar airplane. You’ve got a $29m gorgeous helicopter. We had every type of helicopter. Many of them brand new. Literally out of the box.
“You think it’s cheaper to leave it there so they can have it, than it is to fill it up with a half tank of gas and fly it into Pakistan or fly it back to our country?
“You hear the ‘Yes sir. We think it’s cheaper Sir.’
“That’s when I realized he was a fucking idiot.”