After being absent from television for months, former President Donald Trump appeared on Fox host for an interview with host Sean Hannity on Tuesday night, and needless to say, it remainded people the majority of Americans are so happy he’s no longer president.
During the interview, he patted himself on the back for the agreement he signed with the Taliban, but attacked Biden for pulling out of the middle eastern country, saying that Biden didn’t have to honor the agreement with the Taliban.
Then, in a strange agreement with President Biden, Trump railed against the war in Afghanistan and the pointlessness of continuing to be there. He also attacked George W. Bush for starting the war in the first place.
Trump said that Afghanistan isn’t fighting the Taliban because they’re no longer being paid to do it. He claimed that, for years, Afghan fighters were doing the work on the ground because the U.S. was paying them to do it and supplying them with the weaponry to do it.
The U.S. attempted to train them to fight the war against the Taliban after leaving, but according to Trump, they didn’t care once they weren’t being paid anymore.
“So we were sort of bribing them to fight,” said Trump.
It’s essentially the same comments that Biden made addressing the nation on Monday.
“We spent over $1 trillion over 20 years. We retrained and equipped with modern equipment over 300,000 Afghan forces. And Afghan leaders have to come together,” Biden said. “I’ll insist we continue to keep the commitments we made: providing close air support, making sure that their Air Force functions and is operable, resupplying their forces with food and equipment, and paying all of their salaries. But they have got to want to fight.”
Among the many statements viewers found bizarre included Trump’s urging to get vaccinated and wear masks, but only if you want to. Trump also bragged that he told the military that they needed to “blow up the forts” in Afghanistan upon leaving the country.
There were a lot of opinions about the interview you can see below:
It goes without saying, but I will say it anyway. THANK GOD TRUMP is NOT president.
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) August 18, 2021
Do you think Hannity knows how bad this sounds? https://t.co/Z6ai7B8nCe
— WeThePeople🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@PrincessBravato) August 18, 2021
Former President Donald Trump on masks and coronavirus:
“Wear your mask if you want, but you have to have your freedoms.”#Hannity pic.twitter.com/FHqa4crXDk
— Jamie Johnson (@JamieoJohnson) August 18, 2021
Hannity: You said this to who?
Trump: Mullah Baradar… But I had a very strong conversation, I also had a good conversation with him pic.twitter.com/O2Nfj9pzLq— Acyn (@Acyn) August 18, 2021
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
SHIT?
— noHe looks and sounds like an intoxicated drug addict.
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF HIS PUPILS.https://t.co/ulFwPuElIz
— 😷—((( Freddy Atton )))—😷 (@freddyatton) August 18, 2021
Was that Hannity with Trump, I thought it was Ron Burgundy?
— Pete McBride (@PeterJohnMcBri1) August 18, 2021
Hannity, Mike Pence remember when?⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
"Trump bypassed Congress so he could sell 8 billion dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia" pic.twitter.com/HQQJKfSOaD
— Katiejohn (@45rapeKatiejohn) August 18, 2021
Hannity looks alarmed. Like holy dementia Batman. We shouldn’t be letting people see this guy.
— texaradogirl2 (@texaradogirl2) August 18, 2021
Watching Trump on Hannity tonight reminds me of why I am so happy he is no longer president.
— ellen (@idioglosia) August 18, 2021
Really?
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
— Grandma's babies (@Loretta35182863) August 18, 2021
Wait… I thought he took all the equipment already. pic.twitter.com/chp6XXpl8U
— Kelly ☘️ (@kelbelle10) August 18, 2021
