Donald Trump's first tenure as the president of the United States began on January 20, 2017, when he was inaugurated as the 45th president, and ended on January 20, 2021. Trump, a Republican, took off
Official portrait, 2017
Incumbent president Barack Obama and President-elect Trump in the Oval Office on November 10, 2016
Chief Justice John Roberts administers the presidential oath of office to Trump at the Capitol, January 20, 2017
The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war. In February 2020, the first Trump administration and the Taliban sig
American airmen board a C-17 at Al Udeid Air Base during the withdrawal, 27 April 2021
U.S. president Donald Trump and Afghan president Ashraf Ghani at the United Nations General Assembly, 2 October 2017
General Austin S. Miller became commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan in September 2018 and oversaw the withdrawal until July 2021.
From left: General Austin Miller, US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meet with Taliban representatives Abdul Ghani Baradar, Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai and Suhail Shaheen in Doha, Qatar, on 12 September 2020