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"The fact is this was the Trump-Biden withdrawal," said William Ruger, tapped by Trump to be U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan in September 2020.President Donald Trump speaks to the troops during a surprise Thanksgiving day visit at Bagram Air Field, Nov. 28, 2019, in Afghanistan. Last November, Trump installed MacGregor as a senior adviser to the secretary of defense, with marching orders to push military leaders to get all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan."He made very clear to me that he shared my views," MacGregor told ABC News."And he said, 'I've got to get you in here. Because I agree with you. We need to get out of these places. There's no reason to be in any of them.
The withdrawal order horrified top military leaders, including Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley and CENTCOM commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie. The purge was spearheaded by McEntee, whom Trump made personnel director in February 2020. Trump ultimately made major changes at the Pentagon, including the ouster of a secretary of defense, Esper, who opposed withdrawal.MORE: Biden defends Afghanistan withdrawal, recommits to evacuate remaining Americans
So, when Trump told supporters in an Aug. 22 statement that President Biden gave"enemies all around the world a great and lasting victory when he unexpectedly and inexplicably removed our great soldiers from Afghanistan before taking out our U.S. citizens and allies, along with abandoning many billions of dollars of highest-grade Military equipment," he had had no plan to do anything differently.
jonkarl How you gonna praise someone who GAVE a terrorist group billions in AMERICAN weapons,black hawk choppers,apache choppers,armored vehicles,ammunition and facial recognition software ,as well as leaving hundreds of AMERICANS behind to face almost certain death by taliban..
jonkarl LoL is that what the media is trying to sell now .
jonkarl LMAO the amount of nuance this answer has surrounding it is comical
jonkarl Trump wasnt 'trying' to get this done.. he actually DID IT! He's the one who made this treaty and had the date set! Biden delayed it by a month or two but he really didn't have shit to do with it. I like how the media words things to twist it up. Mayb just be honest for once. Lol
jonkarl no, Biden surrendered, no success
jonkarl Yeah idiots but Trump wasn't going to leave the way Biden did
jonkarl No lol
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jonkarl So during the Trump presidency he blamed every problem on Obama. Now during the Biden presidency, Trump will take credit for every accomplishment. 🤦🏼♀️
jonkarl The truth. What President Trump’s wanted to accomplish wasn’t 80 billion in high tech weapons left, hundreds of Americans and thousands of Afghan helpers abandoned, unvetted thousands flown here, a severe loss of trust with our allies and 13 soldiers killed. This is all Biden’s.
jonkarl I disagree. Trump never made plans for anything except to overthrow the government. Fox told Trump that the polls said he was losing at the first of Oct. And Trump started saying if I don't win I have been cheated. He knew he could not win. It is all on video.
jonkarl Really? Quite possibly the networks, & their ratings of viewers has dropped due to the biased and judgmental comments. You have whom you desired, in the White House. Let it go! The fall of the USA didn’t happen because of Covid; it happened because of the media!
jonkarl But didnt!
jonkarl It figures Donald would take credit. Be that as it may. 🙄
jonkarl Stand and kill Americans? I doubt that.
jonkarl That's called, trying to take credit for something they could of never done.
jonkarl Oh bullshit. Trump would never have left hundreds of Americans and $90 billion worth of weaponry behind. So sick of ABC and MSM acting as paid shills for the Lefty agenda.
jonkarl What a bunch of crap, soon doctors! That administration needs to be gone! Poof!
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jonkarl Truth is Trump would have done it the right way.
jonkarl So he tried to kill people and leave others stranded behind enemy lines in fear for their lives?
jonkarl Biden & Co. didn't have a cohesive & organized military plan for evacuating Afghanistan.
jonkarl Nope.
jonkarl Trump didn't try to fumble the withdrawal by removing troops first, stranding civilians, and allowing billions in American weapons to fall into Taliban hands. That's all on Biden
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jonkarl TFG surrendered
jonkarl HE HAD TO DO HE NO CHOICE BUT TO COPY TRUMPS POLICIES AND TAKE THE CREDIT !
jonkarl What an oxymoron Trump had 4 spectacular years of success and kept every promise he made. His list of successes resulted in him being nominated twice for Nobel peace prize. He's America's greatest ever president.
jonkarl Just because you use the word FACT in this factually dishonest story, clearly doesn’t make it a fact. It was conditions based. You people keep producing I’ll informed voters. That’s why your viewership is dwindling.
jonkarl I'm saving this article
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jonkarl POTUS killed people
jonkarl More than 170 people died for nothing in Kabul airport,13 included, and tens of people died in the US last strike. There is no question about the withdrawal itself, but Biden's plan proved to be a complete disaster and he shall be held accountable for these unnecessary tragedies
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jonkarl The question is what did the US accomplish for 20 yrs by been there? Hope another war won’t start.
jonkarl Trump made the assistance and Biden shot the ball.
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jonkarl Trump decided that the troops should leave Afghanistan and Biden organized a catastrophic Afghan evacuation. Those are two different things.
jonkarl have you lost your damn mind!!!!!
jonkarl To fk everything up?
jonkarl Stop please 🙈😢
jonkarl Excuses, Lol
jonkarl Joe isn't building hotels in Moscow
jonkarl I'm looking for 10 lucky people to help with there bills, school fees DM me now
jonkarl Indeed, Biden fully inherited Trump's legacy, which proved that Trump's policies did not lead the United States out of the economic dilemma, but blocked the development of global economic integration.
jonkarl Quit acknowledging this traitor. Everytime you do you're playing into Putin's plan.
Winning our respect?
jonkarl Someone help me out. Biden said the buck stopped with who?
jonkarl - You know it's so embarrassing when the Taliban treats dogs better than the Biden administration.
jonkarl But trump would of done so much gooder and betterest than Biden. It would go been the goodliest withdrawal ever to be seen.
jonkarl democrats cheated and stole the 2020 election and that's a fact
jonkarl Trump shouldn't have to run in 2024 he fact won the 2020 election but the democrats cheated and stole it that's a fact
jonkarl So I am no fan but no one in the planet could have excavated anything during covid lockdown. This is why the media is ALL fake. None of you could put out a balanced story to save your life. Walter Cronkite must be rolling constantly in his grave.
jonkarl the dems don’t need to campaign… they have all PR they need in YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME
csorensen_12 jonkarl The analyst is a Biden fan obviously. Haha!
jonkarl You mean Jared right? He threw most on Jared while he played King of the Alt Right
jonkarl Truly a one term president who would have tried and push out the results until he was no longer the president, or it would no longer make a difference as it would be the last time he could of served as a president after 8 years ? Let’s get away from hindsight, lies , deceit
jonkarl That’s a lie. Complete and utter lie. Biden continued the plans that trump intended to finish if he won a second term. Biden has been a complete failure in every aspect.
jonkarl . I'm a blogger. A few words about Donald Trump:
jonkarl In November of the final year of his term! He agreed to a May 2021 withdrawal date and signed an executive order to that affect. You know “executive orders” the very thing the Republicans blasted Obama of doing when he bypassed their obstructionist policies! Trump signed more!
jonkarl Remember when ABC News reported news…. Ahhh the good ole days.
jonkarl Blocked.
jonkarl Anyone can talk few can do.
jonkarl I don't thing that Trump wanted to leave American citizens and military equipment to the Taliban. Stop trying to defend an indefensible botched evacuation.
jonkarl that's right. but not in this way.
jonkarl Trump is always trying to get praise one way or another
jonkarl Trump broadcasted the withdraw on global news during his administration term. He let the cat out of the bag then and put it all into motion. Biden just got stuck with it.
jonkarl Trump decided that the troops should leave Afghanistan and Biden organized a catastrophic Afghan evacuation. Those are two different things.
jonkarl Come soon for US.
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jonkarl Don't tell the American people, tell the Afghans. Biden FAILED the Afghan people & has no concern for the very troops that gave their lives.
jonkarl Lol ya ll are as nutty at POTUS 🤣🤣🤣 FoxNews
jonkarl There is no success in Afghanistan! Biden ignored the Taliban takeover for 5 months! He could have defended against those attacks! He could have evacuated US citizens first and then our 85 billions in arms and aircraft. Afghans would still have freedom right now!
jonkarl Didn't you guys post this twice? Newspeak ya?
jonkarl Keep telling yourself that. 🙄🤡
jonkarl Blood is on Biden’s hands… it’s not on Trump, his aides said that it couldn’t safely be done. Biden was told the same thing and chose to get people killed!!!
jonkarl EVERYONE wanted us out of there. Biden fucked up the exit. That is the point. You don’t pull the military out before getting the key Afghans and US citizens out of there. That is why Biden is receiving shit. Not because he left - but HOW he left. If u don’t see that u r a fool
jonkarl Yes Biden accomplish the withdrawal but botched the whole process. But hey, as long it is not Trump, who cares, Right? Left legal citizens, allies, millions in cash, billions worth of weapons, etc and yet everyone says Biden made history. oh wait..he did..the world is laughing :(
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jonkarl Maybe it could of been better, but I don't see no other way to evacuate people without the soldiers being up close and personal. Unless they were just going to let people get on planes. They had to check them. ISIS knew this and they used it. That's what terrorists do . Its over!
jonkarl Lol! Of course, there are praises, as long as credit is given to the former, as they insert him in the good work of the actual initiator of the act, of ending the longest war in American History. *President Biden did what no other President have done.
jonkarl That's absurd. Trump never NEVER would have left Americans behind or billions in equipment or afghans that helped us. Not even service dogs! This administration is a failure to all
jonkarl Trump completes the Taliban more than Melania completes Trump.
jonkarl Biggest Bozo in history 😂🤡
jonkarl Joe winning the election is like Joe ending the war. Neither of the two happened. President Trump ended the war in the ME on May 1, 2021. At best Joe can say is he got a 4 month extension. But ending a war? History will show the only thing Biden did was get servicemen killed.🤔
jonkarl I do not understand why Trump is not yet I n jail. Seriously.
jonkarl I never thought he was president for any moments. I think the majority would vote to recant that for the interface he extrapolated.
jonkarl ABC is pathetic
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jonkarl That's so wrong what idiot would write this material is beyond me .
jonkarl So miss the public ABC? What's it the details ?
jonkarl Finishing the job, something trump would never have made happen.
jonkarl President Trump ended the war in Afghanistan on May 1. We had the full might of the US Military on hand to make sure EVERYONE got out safe. Obama had bin Laden. Trump Baghdadi & Gen Soleimani. Joe wanted to say his claim to fame was ending a war that should have already been over
jonkarl Total lies
jonkarl SIV can contact my boss to confirm my services and also can contact MEP for confirmation, they are wasting our time, we are in grave danger, I am hiding I even can't go out to get some food .if we wait for SIV bureaucracy we will get kill by Taliban soon,I hope you guys help me
jonkarl I request MEP for a new HR letter 24 days ago still don't send me yet If we wait for SIV the Taliban will kill us.They have my pics with general McChrystal and General flynn on there hand and showing the people if they know me or see me I am in grave danger need help plz help me
jonkarl I am an Afghan translator stuck in kabul,if we wait for SIV bureaucracy we will get kill by Taliban,now we can't go out side to get some food for eating,the Taliban are looking for USA allies,SIV bureaucracy will takes time .my application was complete but SIV wants new HR, Help
jonkarl You see tight rope walk always btwn ruling and opposition in democracy. Now even America is no exception.
jonkarl No they aren’t 😂🤣
jonkarl Right, Trump gets a two-for-one. He gets some 'credit' for the Afghanistan exit (his former staff calling it the 'Trump-Biden withdrawal') while simultaneously scoring tepid points from his dippy dip followers as he poo-poos on President Biden about it
jonkarl Such bullshit! And you wonder why no one believes you anymore
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