Edition · September 3, 2021
The Daily Fuckup — September 3, 2021
2 verified reports published on September 3, 2021.
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Closing take
The short version: even on a relatively quiet Friday in the archive, Trump-world was still managing to be its own problem. Afghanistan remained a self-inflicted wound for the whole ecosystem, and the election lies were still doing what they always do: corroding trust, generating backlash, and making everyone else clean up the mess. Not glamorous, not subtle, very on brand.
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Afghanistan fallout
Confidence 4/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5
Serious fuckup
The chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan remained a live political liability for Trump-world on September 3, with critics continuing to tie the collapse in Kabul back to the February 2020 deal the Trump administration signed with the Taliban. That agreement set the stage for the troop timetable Biden later inherited, and Trump’s allies were still trying to argue around the obvious fact that his team helped lock in the trapdoor. The result was the usual Trump maneuver in miniature: create the conditions, then sprint to the nearest microphone to blame somebody else when the floor gives way.
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Election fraud
Confidence 5/5
★★★☆☆Fuckup rating 3/5
Major mess
A year after Donald Trump’s Sept. 2, 2020 comments in Wilmington, North Carolina, the episode was still a ready-made example of his election rhetoric. In the remarks, he suggested voters send in a mail ballot and then try to vote again in person. North Carolina officials later said voting twice is illegal and that a second ballot would not count. ([trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov](https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-designating-wilmington-north-carolina-first-american-world-war-ii-heritage-city-wilmington-nc/))
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