I think this is a case of two ways to hear "write all the tests first."

If you read that as "write every single one of your tests, then write the code", then you see it as a strawman and not the point of TDD.

If you read that as "before you write any specific line of code, you write the test for it first", then you are likely to see that as the same as TDD.

I intended the second reading. I can see how both are accurate ways to read it, though. Apologies for the confusion.