– This is a very sad day, great sorrow for the country. It is also a sad time because of the way our war against those who did so much damage to our country ended last week, Trump said.
In a video broadcast on Saturday, he said that the withdrawal made the United States’ “leader look like a fool, something that must never happen again.”
He blamed the chaotic withdrawal on “poor planning, incomprehensible weakness and leaders who did not understand what was happening.”
It was Trump who laid the plans for the withdrawal when he entered into an agreement with the Taliban last year that the US forces would be withdrawn this year, in exchange for the Taliban not attacking the American forces.
Biden followed the timetable set by Trump and the Taliban, except that Biden postponed the final withdrawal for a few months until the end of August.
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