President Donald Trump on Wednesday said “every single” military general involved in the U.S.’ chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal should be fired.

“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 during a Cabinet meeting, gesturing to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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

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