Former US President Donald Trump made his first Fox News appearance in months, speaking to host Sean Hannity about Afghanistan. His presence was actually a bit of a surprise, however, as the twice impeached politician has shied away from the limelight lately, primarily communicating through press releases and circumventing his Twitter ban via his aide’s account.
But last night Trump returned to his former Fox News glory, and unsuspecting viewers were instantly reminded how outrageous his presidency was — and how grateful they are that he’s gone.
Trump made a number of puzzling statement during the interview, first calling the Taliban “good fighters” who deserve credit for “having been fighting for thousands of years.” The group was actually founded in 1994, initially seizing control of Kabul in 1996. He also advised Americans to “wear your mask if you want, but you have to have your freedoms,” and went onto suggest “blowing up all the forts “blow up all the forts” in Afghanistan before leaving the country.
Hannity: You said this to who?
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 18, 2021
Trump: Mullah Baradar… But I had a very strong conversation, I also had a good conversation with him pic.twitter.com/O2Nfj9pzLq
Trump also told Hannity he had a “very strong conversation” with Mullah Barader, “the top person [of the Taliban].” “I also had a good conversation with him after that, we talked for a while,” he said, before launching into a nearly incoherent rant regarding Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan.
“I never had a lot of confidence in Ghani, I said that openly and plainly. I thought he was a total crook, I thought he got away with murder,” he said. “He spent all this time wining and dining our senators. The senators were in his pocket, that was one of the problems that we had, but I never liked him.”
Do you think Hannity knows how bad this sounds? https://t.co/Z6ai7B8nCe
— WeThePeople🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@PrincessBravato) August 18, 2021
Viewers were bewildered by Trump’s comments, taking to Twitter to voice their concerns — but mostly express genuine gratitude that the reality star is no longer in office.
So, Fox’s Sean Hannity Calamity had Agolf Twitler on his trashy program tonight. Delusional insane rantings from an orange insurrectionist crook with urine colored hair and yes, he looks and sounds like absolute shit.
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) August 18, 2021
Hannity looks alarmed. Like holy dementia Batman. We shouldn’t be letting people see this guy.
— texaradogirl2 (@texaradogirl2) August 18, 2021
Really?
— Grandma's babies (@Loretta35182863) August 18, 2021
Trump gave the Taliban the keys to Afghanistan. That's why the Afghan people gave up. They knew they lost the war
FLASHBACK: In February 2020, Donald Trump discussed how he empowered the Taliban to take over Afghanistan after America's departure pic.twitter.com/MdAxgdLtRj
When your drunk uncle starts saying how he would have handled dem taliban's. https://t.co/dwKnNAwKH7
— 𝙲𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚕 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗 (@MinionCabal) August 18, 2021
What movie, did Trump watch, that he is talking about? https://t.co/FAc1PYhhSH
— Mark Stern (@mfstern) August 18, 2021
Blow up all the FORTS? Planet Zob called and they want Earth to send their missing idiot back.... https://t.co/HHkEfPOHXH
— DiveTeam1 (@tova3411) August 18, 2021
It goes without saying, but I will say it anyway. THANK GOD TRUMP is NOT president.
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) August 18, 2021
