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Tracy Wilkinson

In message to troops, Trump claims 'win' in Afghanistan

President Donald Trump Thursday used a message to American troops overseas to take credit for a "win" in Afghanistan.

The Thanksgiving message was delivered by Trump from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida over an internet connection to military men and women stationed near Kabul.

"I have to say just directly to the folks in Afghanistan: Everybody's talking about the progress you've made in the last few months since I opened it up," Trump said, according to pool reports.

"We opened it up. We said, 'Go ahead; we're going to fight to win.' We're not fighting anymore to just walk around. We're fighting to win, and you people are really, you've turned it around over the last three to four months like nobody's seen. And they are talking about it. So thank you very much.

"Brave, incredible fighters."

Earlier via Twitter, Trump spoke of what he sees as his accomplishments in office: "Jobs coming back, highest Stock Market EVER, Military getting really strong, we will build the WALL"

The last was a reference to a barrier Trump wants to build along the U.S. southern border with Mexico.

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