Reprinted with permission from Alternet
Donald Trump, the former president, published several statements about Afghanistan on his personal website, including one bragging about his efforts to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. As recently as April Trump wrote that pulling all U.S. troops "out of Afghanistan is a wonderful and positive thing to do. I planned to withdraw [from Afghanistan] on May 1, and we should keep as close to that schedule as possible."
That post, as well as others that mention Afghanistan, have been scrubbed from Trump's website in the past few days.
Here is what Trump said in April about a full U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan:
Now, it appears every post mentioning Afghanistan on Trump's "news" site looks like this:
- After 20 Years, Swift Taliban Takeover Damages US Credibility ... ›
- Republicans Frantically Erasing Trump’s ‘Historic’ Deal With Taliban - National Memo ›
- Why The Press Won’t Tell The Truth About The ‘Forever Wars’ ›
- Pompeo’s Hometown Paper Roasts His Afghan Hypocrisy - National Memo ›
- Trump’s Brilliant Plan? Bomb Our Afghan Bases,Then Withdraw US Troops - National Memo ›
- Trump, The Taliban, And The Fall Of Kabul - National Memo ›
- Graham Wants To Impeach Biden Over Afghan Withdrawal ›
- How Stephen Miller’s Racist Hysteria Endangered Our Afghan Allies ›
- Afghan Mission Impossible Was Not Possible - National Memo ›
- When The Beltway Press Is Unanimous, They're Usually All Wrong - National Memo ›
- Leaving Afghanistan Shows Wisdom, Not Weakness - National Memo ›
- Still Lying: Trump Claims Afghan Departure Left '$85 Billion' In Weapons ›
- Danziger Draws - National Memo ›
- Danziger Draws - National Memo ›
- Testimony By Military Chiefs Vindicates Biden's Afghan Decisions, Evacuation - National Memo ›
- Danziger Draws - National Memo ›
- Leaving Afghanistan under Trump-Taliban deal could bring chaos ... ›
- The U.N. exposes the limits of the Trump peace plan with the Taliban ›
- Biden Delivers on Trump's Afghanistan Withdrawal as Taliban Surges ›
- President Trump's Disgraceful Peace Deal with the Taliban | Time ›
- Trump says he spoke to a Taliban leader, had 'good talk' ›
- The Taliban on Trump: "We hope he will win the election" and ... ›
- Trump's Deal To End War In Afghanistan Leaves Biden With 'A ... ›
- Afghan conflict: US and Taliban sign deal to end 18-year war - BBC ... ›
