President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation declaring Tuesday, August 26, 2025, a day commemorating the fourth anniversary of the Abbey Gate bombing during then-President Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal.
Gold Star families of many of the 13 U.S. Servicemembers killed in the bombing joined Trump for the signing, standing behind him as he sat at the Resolute Desk. Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were also in attendance.
“This is a very special group of people. I’ve been with them from the beginning, Abby Gate,” Trump said, calling August 26, 2021, “one of the dumbest days in the history of our country by a previous administration.”
Trump said the Biden administration should have kept Bagram Airfield and departed from there, rather
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