President Trump said “every single one” of the military generals involved in the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan should be fired, seated next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

Trump was questioned about whether his administration would fire or relieve from duty the military officers involved in the August 2021 withdrawal.

“I'm not going to tell this man what to do, but I will say that if I had his place I'd fire every single one of them,” Trump said, gesturing to Hegseth.

Hegseth replied that the Pentagon is “doing a complete review of every single aspect of what happened” with the deadly and chaotic August 2021 withdrawal and intends to deliver "full accountability.”

Trump has been highly critical of the United States’ chaotic and deadly departure, which happened under President........

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