Even though he avoided serving after obtaining a note from a friendly doctor who said he had bone spurs, he famously mocked late Republican John McCain, the 2008 presidential candidate and a prisoner-of-war, saying he preferred people who did not get captured.
Now, the US President appears to be displaying similar disregard for thousands of Afghans who worked with the US and British military over a period of two decades, often putting not only their lives at risk but those of their families.
Among those countries was Afghanistan, from which the US chaotically withdrew in August 2021 and which has since been ruled by the hardline Taliban, which has clamped down on women’s rights, and where citizens face a dire economic crisis.
For several years, a number of groups, made of former military personnel and religious organisations, have been smoothing the way for new arrivals who have successfully obtained the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa, or SIV. (There are similar groups in the UK, and the Royal British Legion is among those organisations to say Britain should “honour its commitment”.)
The group claimed Trump waited to announce the measure until after the attack in Boulder, Colorado, where an Egyptian national, whose work permit expired earlier this year, attacked a group of Jewish community members marching in support of the hostages held by Hamas.
VanDiver, who served in the US Navy, said Trump had left open a narrow window by not scrapping the entire SIV programme but said it would block entry of many others, including family members of an evacuee, or someone separated from loved ones already in America.
He added: “This wasn’t charity. It was a promise. This ban breaks that promise.”Trump campaigned for reelection with a vow to oversee mass deportations as a key policy.
In regard to the Afghans, however, there is overwhelming support to help individuals who helped America’s 20-year occupation of the country, launched by George W Bush, in the aftermath of the Al-Qaeda attacks of 9/11.
It did so after deciding conditions in Afghanistan had improved sufficiently, even though nations such as the UK, the US and others have not felt it safe to reopen their embassies.
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Many have questioned the veracity of such claims and whether they’re being made simply for political convenience.
Another UN report from April 2025 found 75 per cent of Afghans struggled “to meet their daily needs”.
Will Trump care about any of this? Probably not.
This sense of “not leaving someone behind” runs deeply through military culture.
It is estimated the US is home to as many as six million former military personnel. It is clear a number of them are not happy with what Trump has done and they plan to continue make their voices heard loud and clear.
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