It's hard to believe we used to have a leader that didn't spend 90% of his time mumbling and stumbling around on stage. But we did. And he did stuff like this:
Former President Donald Trump said that at one point when he was in the White House, he threatened one of the top members of the Taliban by sending him a satellite picture of his house and saying he would "obliterate" him.
The conversation between Trump and Abdul Ghani Baradar, who is now the deputy prime minister of Afghanistan, happened as the former president sought to withdraw all U.S. troops from the country — a goal he was adamant about accomplishing that was later completed in August 2021 under President Joe Biden. However, Trump threatened that if the Taliban launched an attack as U.S. troops were exiting the country, "we're going to hit you harder than any country has ever been hit," he said.
"He said, 'I understand, your Excellency,'" Trump recalled, according to an interview with Fox News's Sean Hannity released on Thursday. "I'm the one who got it down to very few soldiers. I wanted to get out."
Going further, Trump said he threatened to "obliterate" the Taliban leader if he did not listen.
Sometimes when you're negotiating with the Taliban you just have to make sure they got the message.
And I bet you the guy was listening good and well after this:
"Didn't you at one point tell him, 'I know exactly where you are,' and give him the exact coordinates where he was?" Hannity asked.
"No," Trump said. "I sent him a picture of his house. He said, 'But why, but why do you send me a picture of my house?' I said, 'You have to figure that one out.'"
You got to hand it to the man: Whatever his shortcomings may be, he was one of the best negotiators to ever hit the West Wing.
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