Joe Biden addresses the nation to say the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal was a SUCCESS
President Joe Biden defended his decision to remove the U.S. from Afghanistan in a defiant speech Tuesday. He then blamed Donald Trump and local soldiers for the chaos in Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover. Hailed the 120,000 people who were evacuated before the final soldier left Kabul on Monday night. Biden also vowed to help get remaining US citizens out, but insisted they had been warned to leave.
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