The Daily Fuckup — August 29, 2021

Edition · August 29, 2021

The Daily Fuckup — August 29, 2021

1 verified report published on August 29, 2021.

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Closing take

By August 29, 2021, the Trump line on Afghanistan was already collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions: brag about the deal, deny the consequences, blame the successor, repeat. The problem was that the documents, timelines, and public record all pointed back at Trump’s choices. That is not spin. That is the bill coming due.

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Trump’s Afghanistan Deal Kept Boomeranging Back on Him

Afghanistan boomerang Confidence 4/5

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

As the U.S. wrapped one of the most humiliating exits in modern military history, the political record kept pointing back to Trump’s February 2020 deal with the Taliban. The former president’s team had reduced troop levels, set a withdrawal timetable, and undercut the Afghan government’s leverage long before the final collapse. On August 29, that history was the unkillable story: Trump wanted credit for “ending the war,” but his own agreement had helped create the conditions for the mess he was now exploiting.

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