WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump he had to deal with it, he said in a post-presidential interview with an author Related to Afghanistan The issue, though it no longer has foreign policy powers, according to audio shared exclusively with NBC News.
In a post-presidential interview, Trump told author Ramin Setodeh, “The reason I’m doing this and spending so much time on it is because I have to stand up because I’m doing everything with Afghanistan.” Did he blow up Afghanistan?”
Setodeh, who wrote his new book “A Disciple in Wonderland”, previously described the Afghanistan conversation with Trump in an interview. with CNN Trump “seemed to think he still had some foreign policy authority.”
But there was President Joe Biden He banned Trump from receiving intelligence briefings, usually given to former presidents.
Clarifying Trump’s comments on Afghanistan, Stephen Cheung, Trump’s campaign communications director, criticized Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan as “empty” and pointed to their deaths. 13 military personnel.
“This is on Biden, and he will never live it down,” Cheung said in a statement.
He did not explain why Trump is discussing handling foreign policy when he no longer has those powers.
In an interview with MSNBC on Thursday, Setoodeh cast doubt on Trump’s memory, saying that his recollection of the reality TV show “The Apprentice” was “clearer than his memory of what he did in the White House.”
“He tripped over the chronology of recent events,” Setoodeh said. “He stumbled in terms of what happened in terms of our interviews. When we talked back and forth, he didn’t really remember talking to me between our first and second conversations.”
Trump’s “short-term memory was not clear,” Setoodeh added. “It was very foggy and he had problems remembering things.”
Biden and Trump are the oldest presidents in American history. 81-year-old Biden and 78-year-old Trump tried to describe each other as mentally unfit for office.
In a statement to NBC News, Cheung attacked Setoodeh’s characterization of Trump’s memory.
Cheung criticized Setoodeh for “choosing to let Trump Derangement Syndrome rot his brain like so many other losers whose entire existence revolves around President Trump.”
The query shows voters worry about what a candidate’s age might mean for their ability to hold office. According to the poll, voters consider the issue more Biden’s responsibility than Trump’s.
Jesse Rodriguez contributed.