'Delusional' Trump raises eyebrows with new rant about the Taliban
3 years, 4 months ago

'Delusional' Trump raises eyebrows with new rant about the Taliban

Raw Story  

Donald Trump faced mockery on Thursday after claiming that the Taliban would not have launched a new offensive in Afghanistan if he were still president. The insurgent Taliban forces have overrun about one-quarter of Afghanistan after most U.S. forces left under a peace agreement reached during the Trump administration, and the twice-impeached one-term president issued a statement attacking President Joe Biden and baselessly claiming, yet again, that his election loss was fraudulent. "Had our 2020 Presidential Election not been rigged, and if I were now President, the world would find that our withdrawal from Afghanistan would be a conditions-based withdrawal," Trump said in a statement issued through a spokeswoman who has not been banned from Twitter, as he was. It would have been a much different and much more successful withdrawal, and the Taliban understood that better than anyone."

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Trump explodes at 'these morons in the White House' after report blames him for Afghanistan debacle
1 year, 9 months ago

Trump explodes at 'these morons in the White House' after report blames him for Afghanistan debacle

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Former President Donald Trump threw another Truth Social tantrum in the wake of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's thirty-four-felony-count indictment against him on Thursday afternoon, railing against President Joe Biden's handling of the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan that he negotiated himself in 2020 before he lost the election. Trump wrote at 4:47 p.m.: These Morons in the White House, …

Fact check: Trump officials try to rewrite their Afghanistan history
3 years, 4 months ago

Fact check: Trump officials try to rewrite their Afghanistan history

CNN  

Washington CNN — There’s been no shortage of fact-based criticism aimed at the Biden administration’s handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Pence went so far as to claim that the Trump administration’s February 2020 peace deal with the Taliban “immediately brought to Afghanistan a stability unseen in decades.” “In the past 18 months, the U.S. has not suffered a …

Trump Attacks Biden For Afghanistan Chaos After Giving Taliban The Deal That Ensured It
3 years, 4 months ago

Trump Attacks Biden For Afghanistan Chaos After Giving Taliban The Deal That Ensured It

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LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― As the Taliban continue to consolidate their grip over Afghanistan and begin dealing with the international community, they can do so with endorsements and praise from an American president. They’d like to cease violence also,” Trump said on March 3, 2020, just days after the agreement ― which was made with the Taliban but not …

Trump's Taliban negotiation bungling to blame for current chaos: former National Security official
3 years, 4 months ago

Trump's Taliban negotiation bungling to blame for current chaos: former National Security official

Raw Story  

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Sunday Show," former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting Ben Rhodes pinned a great deal of the blame on former president Donald Trump and his administration for the chaos in Afghanistan as Americans leave the country after two decades. With host Jonathan Capehart pointing out that the former president made attempts …

Taliban warns of 'loss of more American lives' as Donald Trump calls off Afghan peace talks
5 years, 4 months ago

Taliban warns of 'loss of more American lives' as Donald Trump calls off Afghan peace talks

Firstpost  

President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel Afghan peace talks will cost more American lives, the Taliban said on Sunday Kabul/Washington: President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel Afghan peace talks will cost more American lives, the Taliban said on Sunday while the United States promised to keep up military pressure on the militants, in a stunning reversal of efforts to forge …

Donald Trump's cancellation of 'secret' meeting with Taliban another example of US president's 'unorthodox' foreign policy
5 years, 4 months ago

Donald Trump's cancellation of 'secret' meeting with Taliban another example of US president's 'unorthodox' foreign policy

Firstpost  

US president Donald Trump’s weekend tweet cancelling secret meetings at Camp David with the Taliban and Afghan leaders just days before the anniversary of the 11 September attacks is the latest example of a commander-in-chief willing to take a big risk in pursuit of a foreign policy victory only to see it dashed. Washington: US president Donald Trump’s weekend tweet …

In Afghanistan, A Mix Of Surprise And Relief After Trump Cancels Taliban Talks
5 years, 4 months ago

In Afghanistan, A Mix Of Surprise And Relief After Trump Cancels Taliban Talks

NPR  

In Afghanistan, A Mix Of Surprise And Relief After Trump Cancels Taliban Talks Enlarge this image toggle caption Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images When Aziz Rafiee heard that President Trump called off talks with the Taliban, he couldn't quite believe it. Sponsor Message As news of the canceled Camp David meeting …

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