Trump Complains Media Focused On Hurricane Instead Of His ‘Great Agreement’

Donald Trump went off on a rant during an interview with conservative radio host Todd Starnes complaining that the national media paid too much attention to Hurricane Ida on Sunday instead of his “great agreement” with the Taliban. https://twitter.com/CarolinaBeckey/status/1432728275206516747 From Business Insider:

“All they talked about was the hurricane. You look at CNN and you look at MSDNC, these are horrible,” Trump told the conservative radio host Todd Starnes, deploying a nickname he often uses to link MSNBC to the Democratic Party. “Unfortunately, they’re way down in ratings, but all they want to talk about is the hurricane or anything else they can talk about.”

“Afghanistan is not even something that can even be discussed in a rational way. The level of stupidity — and we had a great agreement.”

The former president went on to accuse the media of not reporting that he had an understanding with the Taliban and “Abdul” — most likely referring to the Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar — not to kill Americans.

“We would have hit them so hard, and they knew that, Abdul knew that,” Trump said. “I would have taken the equipment out, I would have taken the people out, and then we would have bombed every base but Bagram,” he said.

According to reports, nearly a million homes were in danger of damage or destruction due to Hurricane Ida. Hundreds of thousands lost power and at least one person died. Many are still unable to return to their homes after being evacuated. But Trump needed his spotlight… https://twitter.com/NanciAma/status/1432715085709983758