Iran Press/ America: For a second straight day, Biden remained out of public view at Camp David on Monday. Top aides, meanwhile, were dispatched to appear on the network morning shows to defend what even political allies are describing as the administration’s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan.
A month after Biden told reporters it was “unlikely” the Taliban would overtake the country, Afghanistan fled into Taliban hands as the Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
White House aides on Monday said President Biden would address the nation "soon" on the situation unfolding in Afghanistan, where the US has dispatched thousands of troops to ensure the safe evacuation of US personnel and civilian allies from the country.
Former President Donald Trump is blasting US President Joe Biden over the collapse of Afghanistan’s government and the rush to evacuate American workers and allies from the country.
In a statement on Sunday, Trump said: “It is time for Joe Biden to resign in disgrace for what he has allowed happening in Afghanistan, along with the tremendous surge in COVID-19, the Border catastrophe, the destruction of energy independence, and our crippled economy.”
Biden’s relative invisibility during a major crisis has drawn sharp criticism from Republicans and even many Democrats, who have called on the administration to do more to reassure the public and follow through on Biden’s commitment to helping the Afghans aided the US effort.
Several Republicans, while acknowledging the role the Trump administration played in signing an agreement with the Taliban last year to begin the process of withdrawing US forces, seized on the opportunity to blister Biden, who has been relatively impervious to their partisan attacks.
“While President Joe Biden cowers at Camp David, the Taliban are humiliating America,” said Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), who disagreed with Biden’s decision to end the war, adding: “The retreat from Afghanistan is our worst foreign-policy disaster in a generation.”
Robert Gibbs, a former White House press secretary in the Obama administration, urged Biden to address the nation very soon. In a tweet, he said: “Imperative for the President to speak to the nation and the world. He must lay out again the reasoning behind his decisions, how he sees the future of this region & what must be done to prevent another safe haven for al-Qaeda to plan attacks.”
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