{"id":35834,"date":"2019-12-25T03:24:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T03:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35834"},"modified":"2019-12-25T03:24:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T03:24:05","slug":"they-lie-to-you-trump-previously-held-private-meetings-with-navy-seals-to-candidly-discuss-afghanistan-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35834","title":{"rendered":"‘They lie to you’: Trump previously held private meetings with Navy SEALs to candidly discuss Afghanistan war"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2017, President Donald Trump began taking meetings with enlisted US service members who deployed to Afghanistan in order to get a better understanding of America’s longest war. “I want to sit down with some recruited guys that have been there, ” Trump told advisers, according to the national-security journalist Peter Bergen’s latest book, “Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos.” “I don’t want any generals in here. I don’t want any officers, ” Trump added. “I merely want recruited guys.” One of the first group of Afghanistan ex-servicemen to speak with Trump were US Navy SEALs who spoke critically of the war. “It’s unwinnable. NATO’s a joke. Nobody knows what they’re do, ” the SEALs said to Trump. “We don’t fight to win. The morale is terrible. It’s altogether corrupt.” Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Months after becoming president in 2017, Donald Trump began taking meetings with enlisted US service members who deployed to Afghanistan in order to get a better understanding of America’s longest war.<\/p>\n

“I want to sit down with some recruited guys that have been there, ” Trump told consultants, according to the national-security journalist Peter Bergen’s latest journal, “Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos<\/a>.”See the rest of the narrative at Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n

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