The events we’re seeing now are sadly proof that no amount of military force would ever deliver a stable, united, and secure Afghanistan.

We will continue to support the Afghan people. We will lead with our diplomacy, our international influence, and our humanitarian aid.

Our only vital national interest in Afghanistan remains today what it has always been: preventing a terrorist attack on American homeland.

The developments of the past week reinforced that ending U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan now was the right decision.

So I`m left against to ask of those who argue that we should stay, how many more generations of America`s daughters and sons, would you have me send to fight Afghanistan civil war? When Afghan troops will not?

The truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. Afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country. The Afghan military collapsed, sometime without trying to fight. America`s troops cannot and should not be…

American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves.

How many more lives, American lives, is it worth. How many endless rows of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery? I`m clear on my answer. We`ll end America`s longest war. I am president of the United States of America, and the buck…

No, I don`t. Look, are you telling me that we should go into China because -- go to war with China because what they`re doing to the Uyghurs, a million Uyghurs in the west in concentration camps?

I will not repeat the mistakes we`ve made in the past, the mistake of staying and fighting indefinitely in a conflict that is not in the national interests of the United States, of doubling down on a civil war in a foreign country, of…

I stand squarely behind my decision. We were clear-eyed about the risks. We planned for every contingency, but I always promised the American people that I would be straight with you. The truth is this did unfold more quickly than we had…

There are some very brave and capable Afghan Special Forces units and soldiers and if Afghanistan is unable to mount any real resistance of the Taliban now, there is no chance that one year, one more year, five more years, or 20 more…

I stand squarely behind my decision. After 20 years, I’ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw U.S. forces. How many more lives, American lives, is it worth? How many endless rows of headstones at Arlington…

We planned for every contingency, but I always promised the American people that I will be straight with you. The truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated.

So I'm left again to ask of those who argue that we should stay. How many more generations of America's daughters and sons would you have me send the fight Afghanistan's Civil War where Afghan troops will not? How many more lives…

The likelihood there`s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. We have trained and equipped a standing force of over 300,000 Afghan personnel today. There`s going to be no…

They got to fight for themselves, fight for their nation.

Just short while ago the United States Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and JOBS Act. This historic investment infrastructure is what I believe you the American people want what you`ve been asking for a long, long time. This…