Trump Accuses Biden Admin Of ‘Gross Incompetence’ Over ‘Botched’ Afghan Withdrawal

Former President Donald Trump said on Monday the Biden-Harris administration was guilty of “gross incompetence” over the handling of its “botched” withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Trump’s comments come on the third anniversary of the deadly ISIS bombing attack on August 26, 2021, at the Abbey Gate of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. The attack killed 13 American soldiers and 170 Afghan civilians. 

“This is the third anniversary of the BOTCHED Afghanistan withdrawal, the most EMBARRASSING moment in the history of our Country. Gross Incompetence — 13 DEAD American soldiers, hundreds of people wounded and dead, AMERICANS and BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT LEFT BEHIND,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. 

“You don’t take our soldiers out first, you take them out LAST, when all else is successfully done. Russia then invaded Ukraine, Israel was attacked, and the USA became, and is, a laughing stock all over the World,” he added. 

The soldiers killed in the bombing were Marines Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, Cpl. Daegan W. Page, Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, and Navy Petty Officer Third Class Maxton W. Soviak and Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss.

Biden also released a statement on the attack anniversary, praising the service of the fallen soldiers. 

“These 13 Americans—and the many more that were wounded—were patriots in the highest sense. Some were born the year the war in Afghanistan started,” he said. “Some were on their second or third tour. But all raised their hand to serve a cause greater than themselves—risking their own safety for the safety of their fellow Americans, Allies, and Afghan partners.”

“They embodied the very best of who we are as a nation: brave, committed, selfless. And we owe them and their families a sacred debt we will never be able to fully repay, but will never cease working to fulfill,” he said.

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During his debate with Trump in June, Biden drew backlash after he falsely claimed that no American troops had died under his watch.

“Truth is, I’m the only president this century that doesn’t have any — this, this decade — that doesn’t have any troops dying anywhere in the world,” he said.