Defiant Joe Biden gives interview today denying he could have handled Afghanistan troop withdrawal better
DEFIANT Joe Biden denied in an interview that he could have handled the Afghanistan troop withdrawal better.
The president was interviewed on Wednesday by ABC Newsâ George Stephanopoulos.
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The president was interviewed on Wednesday by ABC Newsâ George Stephanopoulos2
Biden was interviewed on WednesdayCredit: ABCStephanopoulos asked the president: âSo you donât think this could have been handled â" this exit could have been handled better in any way, no mistakes?â
Biden told Stephanopoulos: âNo, I donât think it could have been handled in a way that, weâre gonna go back in hindsight and look.
âBut the idea that somehow, thereâs a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I donât know how that happens.
âI donât know how that happened.â
When Biden was asked whether that was always âprice into the decision,â he said: âYes.â
The 78-year-old president continued: âNow exactly what happened, Iâve not priced in.â
He continued: âBut I knew that theyâre going to have an enormous⦠Look, one of the things we didnât know is what the Taliban would do in terms of trying to keep people from getting out.
âWhat they would do. What are they doing now?
âTheyâre cooperating, letting American citizens get out, American personnel get out, embassies get out, et cetera, but theyâre having â" weâre having some more difficulty having those who helped us when we were in there.â
More to followâ¦
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