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Did Trump stop any wars?

Did Trump stop any wars?

Don’t Be Silly

No major U.S. war was fully ended during Trump’s presidency.
However, he avoided starting new large wars, reduced U.S. involvement in some conflicts, and made agreements meant to wind wars down.

Major conflicts during Trump’s presidency

1. Afghanistan War (2001–2021)

  • What Trump did:

    • In February 2020, the U.S. signed the Doha Agreement with the Taliban.

    • The deal set a plan for U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan.

  • What he did NOT do:

    • The war did not end while Trump was president.

  • What happened later:

    • The final U.S. withdrawal happened in 2021 under President Biden.

✅ Trump began the withdrawal process, but did not end the war.

2. War against ISIS (Iraq & Syria)

  • What Trump did:

    • By 2019, ISIS lost almost all of its territory.

    • Trump announced ISIS was “defeated territorially.”

  • What he did NOT do:

    • U.S. troops remained in the region.

    • The conflict did not fully end.

✅ ISIS was severely weakened, but the war did not completely stop.

3. Iraq War

  • What Trump did:

    • Reduced U.S. troop levels.

  • What he did NOT do:

    • The U.S. did not fully leave Iraq.

4. Syria

  • What Trump did:

    • Ordered a partial U.S. troop withdrawal in 2019.

  • What he did NOT do:

    • The Syrian civil war continued.

    • Some U.S. forces stayed.

5. No new large wars

  • Trump did not start a new full-scale war like Iraq (2003) or Afghanistan (2001).

  • There were military actions (airstrikes, killing of Iran’s General Soleimani in 2020), but no new declared war.

Peace deals (often confused with “stopping wars”)

Abraham Accords (2020)

  • Agreements between Israel and several Arab countries.

  • Improved relations but did not end an active war.

Simple summary

  • ❌ Trump did not stop or end major wars

  • ✅ He reduced troop levels in some places

  • ✅ He started withdrawal plans, especially in Afghanistan

  • ✅ He did not start a new major war