President Donald Trump has been praised for keeping his promise to the victims after the US arrested the terrorists as a fatal explosion at Afghanistan's Kabul airport.
Retired Marines. Sergeant Tyler Vargas Andrews, who lost his arm and leg in the attack, told Fox & Friends that he was “not necessarily shocked” by the news, but he was happy to see the person in charge faced with some kind of accountability.
“I was in Arlington recently… with President Trump and Vice President Vance, I spoke with them in person. They promised that we and these families will be accountable for what happened to our country's government and elsewhere, just like before,” he said.
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US President Donald Trump was during a joint Congressional session at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 4th, 2025. (Get McNamee/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
SSGT, friend and mentor of Vargas-Andrews. Dallin “Taylor” Hoover was one of 13 US military personnel killed in action as they were bombed in August 2021 during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. He added that Trump recognized Hoover's name during the debate and said he knew Hoover's family very well.
“Hoover was killed next to me,” Vargas Andrews said. “And to have the president know who he is and be consistent enough to work with these families and be friends for them… I think it's been almost every day since that day… I think the Trump administration was there for them. [Gold Star families] When the previous administration was not like that. ”
Vargas Andrews told co-host Lawrence Jones that President Trump was informed of the arrest of the top terrorist suspect in the afternoon in a joint speech to Congress Tuesday before revealing that the suspect identified as Muhammad Sharihula was under US custody.
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“I want to thank you, In particular, the Pakistani government helped us arrest this monster,” Trump said during his speech.
Trump further vowed that Sharihula would face a “speech sword of American justice.”
Vargas-Andrews was relieved to see the ringleaders behind the attack face the attack, but said the “most important” was to ensure that the Secretary of Defense and State Department officials “we are responsible for getting to where we are today” are equally accountable.
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Gold Star's mom Paula Naus Self, whose 23-year-old son, Sgt. Army Staff. Ryan Nauss was killed during the attack and praised Trump's aggressive approach to horror in the “Fox & Friends First” segment on Thursday.
She told co-host Carly Simkus [take a tough stance]and then all the terrorists around this world now will be paying a little more attention to us. This is a great response from our president, as he shows that he has not shown tolerance for nonsense, especially in the lives of our armies and those we serve. ”
Emma Colton from Fox News contributed to this report.
