Trump just cryptically threatened the Taliban with an attack beyond 'nuclear power'

Donald Trump.
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President Trump sure has an odd way of remembering the nearly 3,000 people who died during the 9/11 attacks.

On Wednesday, Trump used a 9/11 memorial service at the Pentagon to reiterate why he apparently disinvited Taliban leaders from a meeting at Camp David. Then, in an apparent callback to the terror attacks 18 years ago, Trump warned that if the Taliban "come[s] back to our country," they'll be met with "power the likes of which the United States has never used before, and I'm not even talking about nuclear power."

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.