Trump Apparently Had A Phone Call With The Head Of The Taliban And The American People Just Learned About It From The Taliban On Twitter

What is he doing?


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Just last year, Donald Trump faced a backlash after he came up with the incredible idea of bringing the Taliban — who are deemed to be terrorists by the U.S. — to Camp David, the crown jewel of the American presidency, the New York Times reported. Even more stunning, the event was to take place just three days before the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on American soil. On 9/11, our country suffered its worst attack since Pearl Harbor. The meeting with Trump failed since just days prior, the Taliban claimed an attack that killed a dozen people, including an American soldier.

Trump said during a news conference last week that he would meet with leaders of the Taliban “in the not too distant future” following the signing earlier Saturday of a historic agreement between the US and the militant group. That was supposed to set in motion a full withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not reveal any details of a potential meeting between Trump and the leaders of the Taliban.

But that, too, failed.


Trump apparently had a phone call with the leader of the militant group, and the only reason Americans found out about it was through <checks notes> Twitter.

Former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics Walter Schaub called it “nuts.”

Others piled in as well.


Akhund, for the record, was a key terrorist commander until 2018. I’m old enough to remember Republicans claiming that we don’t “negotiate with terrorists.” Jinkies, maybe Trump and the Taliban can just use Twitter to communicate from now on since that’s the U.S. presidential podium now.

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