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'Wasn't aware how important US President's role is': Donald Trump
During the conversation, Trump also spoke about the US forces pullout from Afghanistan and slammed President Joe Biden for the mismanagement in the process.
Former president of the United States Donald Trump this week gave a rare interview since leaving the office earlier in January, in which he admitted that he wasn't aware of the President's power and how important the role is in the country. The interview was broadcast on Fox News on Tuesday night which gave a glimpse of Trump's understanding of the presidential powers.
"I have never realised how important, frankly - and it is a horrible thing to say - how important a president, the head of this country is,” the Republican leader said in the interview. Trump also said that he had thought that the office would "maybe run through the bureaucracy."
"It doesn't. You need somebody up there that they are going to respect," he added.
During the conversation, Trump also spoke about the US forces pullout from Afghanistan and slammed President Joe Biden for the mismanagement in the process. He called his handling of the issue "the greatest embarrassment in the history of our country".
"I don't think in all of the years, our country has ever been so humiliated," Trump said, adding, "there has never been anything like what's happened here."
Afghanistan is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the history of the country as US forces began pulling out of the country after striking a deal with the Taliban insurgents. With most of the troops already withdrawn, the Taliban took over the capital city of Kabul over the weekend after the collapse of the Afghan government.
The issue created massive turmoil in the country as mass exodus was triggered by people fearing the return of the brutal regime of the Taliban which had ended in 2001 with the US' entry.
This has led to massive backlash for Biden as critics say that the evolvi crisis could have been prevented if Washington had strategised it better.
The peace deal between the US and the Taliban was cracked during Trump's presidency in which Washington promised to leave Afghanistan in exchange for a promise by the Taliban to not attack their country.
However, during Tuesday's interview, Trump refused to share the blame for the Afghanistan crisis.
Meanwhile, the head of the UN food agency in Afghanistan on Wednesday said that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding with 14 million people facing severe hunger following the Taliban takeover of the country.
