**TIMELINE**
March 2020: Trump learns Putin is trying to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan
March 2020: Trump does nothing
April 2020: Trump does nothing
May 2020: Trump pushes for Putin to be let into G8
So where are we on this one, patriots?
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78922400 Timeline:
-The invasion of Afghanistan was started by Bush in 2001.
-By 2008, Bush had deployed about 50,000 more US troops to Afghanistan. Barack Obama succeeded Bush the following year, when about 68,000 US troops had been deployed in the country.
-By the end of 2009, Obama sent another 30,000 to fight al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
-By 2010 (Obama administration), the number of US soldiers had swollen to almost 100,000, while the overall number of foreign troops in Afghanistan stood at 150,000.
-By 2017 (Trump administration), the US troops' level had declined to about 8,400.
-April 27th, 2020 (source NBC news): "President Donald Trump has pushed his military and national security advisers in recent days to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan"