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US President Donald Trump is again drawing attention to his history of threatening foreign nations with military force after warning Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government that “bad things” would happen if it refused to hand over Bagram Airbase.
The ultimatum, posted on Trump’s social media platform, adds to a record of warnings he has issued to adversaries over the years, at times escalating diplomatic tensions and, in some cases, preceding actual US military strikes.
In 2017, Trump famously warned North Korea of “fire and fury” if it continued to threaten the United States, later saying the regime risked being “totally destroyed.”
The comments marked one of the most direct threats of force by a sitting US president against the nuclear-armed state.
Trump Warning Syria & Iran
That same year, Trump ordered missile strikes in Syria after a chemical weapons attack, warning the Assad regime that further atrocities would draw a forceful US response.
The strikes targeted a Syrian airbase and were widely seen as a message that Washington would not hesitate to project power in the region.
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Iran has also been a frequent target of Trump’s threats. He repeatedly said during and after his first term presidency that America could “bomb the hell out of” the country if it pursued hostile actions.
In June 2025, his administration announced strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, with Trump declaring that “targets remain on the table” unless Tehran changed course.
Attacks to the Middle East
Trump has publicly announced and taken credit for US airstrikes against ISIS-Somalia targets (2025), and earlier administrations under him authorised strikes in the Horn of Africa.
“These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
This is a case of actual strikes rather than only a threat.
“The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians.”
Trump has not been limited to the Middle East and East Asia. In 2017 and 2019, he floated the possibility of a “military option” for Venezuela as its political and economic crisis deepened, signaling Washington’s willingness to intervene.
He has credited US forces with strikes in Somalia against ISIS-linked fighters.
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The repeated threats have undermined diplomacy and inflamed already fragile situations.
Bad Things to Afghanistan
Trump has now issued a warning to Afghanistan, demanding the return of Bagram Airbase to the United States and cautioning that bad things are going to happen if the Taliban-led government refuses.
“If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!” Trump wrote on his social media platform.
The comment came one day after Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government rejected Trump’s call to hand over the sprawling facility, located about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Kabul.
“Afghanistan and the United States need to engage with one another … without the United States maintaining any military presence in any part of Afghanistan,” Zakir Jalal, an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, posted on X.
Bagram Airbase was once the largest US military installation in Afghanistan, serving as a hub for American and NATO forces during the two-decade war.
Trump’s threats continue to reverberate globally, showing the impact of his words on international relations.
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