As Anniversary of Afghanistan Withdrawal Nears, Biden Admin Trying to Avoid Doing Anything ‘Stupid’: Report
The Biden administration is trying to avoid any more “political damage” as the first anniversary since the U.S. troop withdrawal in Afghanistan nears, a report says. The National Security Council aims to make sure…
The Biden administration is trying to avoid any more “political damage” as the first anniversary since the U.S. troop withdrawal in Afghanistan nears, a report says.
The National Security Council aims to make sure administration officials do not do anything “stupid” and add to President Joe Biden’s “political woes,” NBC News reported.
The first anniversary of the Afghanistan exit is next month.
“His aides hope to mitigate further political damage from a moment that will remind Americans of an effort many of them consider one of Biden’s biggest failures, at a time when they are already questioning his effectiveness on a host of issues,” the outlet reported.
The withdrawal, dubbed by NBC News as “one of the darkest chapters of Biden’s presidency,” was widely criticized.
Coming just seven months after taking office, the withdrawal “raised questions among Republicans and Democrats about the competence of his administration,” as the outlet wrote.
Ahead of the anniversary, a concern in the administration is that an official may spark fury if they “do something that could be seen as insensitive to the families of the 13 service members killed in a bombing at the Kabul airport on Aug. 26,” NBC News reported, citing administration officials.