Last updated on July 18th, 2023 at 01:37 pm
The idea of pulling American troops out of Afghanistan has long been popular with voters. A poll conducted in April by the Morning Consult found that 69% of Americans supported pulling troops out of the region.
Donald Trump supported the idea of bringing the military back home. And under his plan, it would have happened by May 1st. Kayleigh McEnany attempted to gaslight Americans on that fact during a Monday appearance on Fox News.
Host Harris Faulkner said to the pundit, “Kayleigh, this is not how the last president left the situation. It would have been nice to get all our people back quickly. Instead, this is protracted.”
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McEnany answered, “Let me be categorical in saying this. This would have never happened under President Donald J. Trump! It would not have!”
Oh, come on now!
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner: "Kayleigh, this is not how the last president left the situation."
Kayleigh McEnany: "This would have never happened under President Donald J. Trump! It would not have!" pic.twitter.com/uhILBfyURB
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) August 16, 2021
Republicans have been working hard on obscuring the fact that Trump has brokered a deal with the Taliban. A website page celebrating the deal was removed from the RNC website.
The now removed page read, “President Trump has continued to take the lead in peace talks as he signed a historic peace agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan, which would end America’s longest running war.”
Trump also bragged about the troops withdrawal just one month ago. He told supporters, “I started the process, all the troops are coming home, they (Biden) couldn’t stop the process. 21 years is enough. They (Biden) couldn’t stop the process, they (Biden) wanted to but couldn’t stop the process.
“I started the process, all the troops are coming home, they (Biden) couldn’t stop the process. 21 years is enough. They (Biden) couldn’t stop the process, they (Biden) wanted to but couldn’t stop the process.â€
– Trump, 1 month ago pic.twitter.com/9UPPbseyiI
— david nussbaum (@theNuzzy) August 15, 2021
Todd Neikirk is a New Jersey based politics and technology writer. His work has been featured in psfk.com, foxsports.com and hillreporter.com. He enjoys sports, politics, comic books and spending time at the shore with his family.
