Monday marks the third anniversary of the botched Afghanistan withdrawal in which thirteen U.S. Service Members lost their lives. Former President Donald Trump honored the fallen Service Members during a ceremony at Arlington Cemetery.
…Joe Biden was on vacation.
From The New York Post:
The White House had not published a statement at the time of publication on the anniversary on Monday. Biden is spending the week at his beach house in Rehoboth, Del., after spending the better half of last week vacationing in California. Vice President Kamala Harris has no public events on her schedule.
The Trump team has heavily criticized Biden for how they handled the evacuation – and skewered the president for never honoring the families of the service members who perished in an official ceremony.
“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.
Watch a clip from the ceremony below:
It's the 3rd anniversary of 13 American service members dying during the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Biden is currently at the beach.
Kamala has nothing on her schedule.
President Trump is at Arlington Cemetery laying a wreath for all 13 of them.pic.twitter.com/811DRgsHWm
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 26, 2024