EXCLUSIVE: Frustrated with Afghan strategy, Trump considers firing top commander
President Donald Trump has become increasingly frustrated with the advisers who are developing a new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and recently suggested replacing the war’s top military commander during a tense meeting at the White House, senior administration officials have told NBC News.
At a meeting in mid-July, the president lashed out at Defense Secretary James Mattis, expressing frustration that Trump had given the military authority months ago to make advances in Afghanistan and yet the U.S. was continuing to lose ground, the officials said.
“We aren't winning,” Trump complained, according to these officials.
Trump compared the drawn-out policy review process to the 1980s renovation of the elite 21 Club restaurant in Manhattan — one of his favorite dining spots — which he said took too long and cost the restaurant business, the official said.
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