John Bolton said Donald Trump 'fully supported' withdrawing from Afghanistan and would have done so if reelected, despite criticizing Biden for the decision
Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser John Bolton said there was no difference between Trump and President Joe Biden's position on the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, despite Trump calling on Biden to"resign in disgrace" over the emerging crisis in the country.since Taliban forces captured most of Afghanistan in a matter of weeks following Biden's decision in April to withdraw remaining US troops from the country.
Bolton, who served as national security adviser under Trump between 2018 and 2019, said that despite Trump's criticism of the president he had actually supported withdrawal himself, comparing the pair to"Tweedledum and Tweedledee.":"There are two mistakes at work here. The first is the strategic mistake of withdrawing, which Biden made but which Trump fully supported. Had Trump been re-elected, he'd be doing the same thing.
"The second question though is: Did the withdrawal occur in the best possible way? And the answer to that is no. It's been a catastrophe and it's only going to get worse. "I think Biden does bear primary responsibility for that, though you see now fingers being pointed saying Trump didn't leave us with any plans. We'll have to see how that shakes out."
Taliban fighters stand outside the Interior Ministry in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul on August 15.Trump this week claimed that his administration would have handled the situation better. Trump in April had called Biden's plan to pull troops from Afghanistan a"
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