Biden Administration Blames Trump For Disastrous 2021 Afghanistan Withdrawal
The Biden Administration doesn’t plan on taking the heat for the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan—instead issuing a report Thursday which pins the blame largely on former President Donald Trump and his administration.
The report—put together by the National Security Council (NSC) with guidance from the president himself—said Biden was “severely constrained” by Trump-era policies. The current administration takes little responsibility for the disastrous withdrawal, which included a bombing at Kabul International Airport that killed over 100 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops.
The report comes after Biden asserted that the February 2020 deal Trump agreed to with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, cornered the U.S. into leaving Afghanistan.