Ledger · First term · № 151
All troops home from Afghanistan by Christmas
Never delivered“We should have the small remaining number of our BRAVE Men and Women serving in Afghanistan home by Christmas!”
- Promised
- Stated deadline
- “by Christmas” → December 25, 2020
- Overdue by
- 5 years, 8 months as of September 22, 2026
- Re-promised
- 8 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Foreign policy
- Era
- First term
What happened
About 4,500 to 5,000 troops were in Afghanistan when the tweet was posted. The drawdown reached roughly 2,500 by mid-January 2021, and U.S. forces were still there when Trump left office. The final withdrawal took place in August 2021.