The only President to surrender to another Country is the Nominee for the Republicans.

Donald Trump surrendered to the Taliban, he promised to withdraw from Afghanistan by signing an agreement with the Taliban.

Doha Agreement

Betraying our Afghan allies, Trump’s negotiators entered the discussions without including the very people who would have to carry on with the governance of the country. Source

Some of the equipment left behind, including planes because of Trump’s surrender. Click image for source.

Signed on 29 February 2020, the agreement required all allied forces to be out of Afghanistan in 14 months, a date that insured the next U.S. President would have to deal with the outcome. As stated in Part One of the Agreement states, “The United States and its allies will refrain from the threat or the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Afghanistan or intervening in its domestic affairs.” In other words, “We surrender.” Those are the terms that Donald Trump agreed to. This also meant ending all of the technical support to Afghan forces.  Critically, it removed the maintenance support that was keeping aircraft in the air, thus depriving ground forces of much needed air cover and resupply capabilities.

After surrendering Trump even agreed to rebuild the country.  Part Three of the Agreement states, “The United States will seek economic cooperation for reconstruction with the new post-settlement Afghan Islamic government as determined by the intra-Afghan dialogue and negotiations, and will not intervene in its internal affairs.”  To be clear, both the U.S. negotiators, and the Taliban knew who would constitute the following government.  They knew it would not be the allies they left so conspicuously out of the talks as they gave the country away. To be clear, not only did Trump agree to surrender, but he also agreed to pay for restoration.

Notably, after losing the election, Trump’s allies attempted to accelerate the departure. Without the knowledge of the senior Department of Defense officials, an executive order was drafted ordering all American forces out of Afghanistan before President Biden was sworn in. If you think the withdrawal in August 2021 was chaotic, imagine what it would have been if Trump had his way.

The context is important.  During the 19 March 2024 Congressional hearings of the withdrawal, General Milley noted that the blundered operation was the result of the lack of planning and delays by the State Department.  Earlier he had noted the “U.S. lost war in Afghanistan through miscalculations spanning multiple administrations.” The lack of coordination was abundantly obvious in 2003 and did not seem to improve over time. In 2021 it was literally a fatal flaw.

The attack in Russia is presumed to have originated in Afghanistan.

ISIS-K emerged in 2014 and 2015 in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan, after its leaders broke away from al-Qaida and the Taliban.

Its fighters declared loyalty to the even more violent and extremist Islamic State, also known as ISIS, which was gaining influence at the time, mounting attacks in Iraq and Syria, as well as against targets in the West. Source