Trump: "US Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan Is Essentially Surrender"... Fierce Criticism of Biden

Trump: "It Would Not Have Happened If I Had Been in Office"

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is giving a speech to supporters at a mass rally held in Phoenix, Arizona, on the 24th of last month (local time). [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Minwoo Lee] Former U.S. President Donald Trump harshly criticized current U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

According to major foreign media on the 21st (local time), former President Trump made these remarks during a rally with his supporters in Cullman, Alabama. Trump stated, "The withdrawal from Afghanistan is the greatest diplomatic humiliation in American history," and claimed, "It most shockingly demonstrated the total incompetence of a national leader."

Earlier, during his term, Trump had signed a peace agreement with the Taliban last year and promised to withdraw U.S. and allied forces from Afghanistan by May 1 of this year. Subsequently, President Biden extended this deadline to before September 11, during which the Islamic militant group Taliban intensified its offensive. Ultimately, the Taliban recaptured the entire territory of Afghanistan.

In particular, former President Trump strongly condemned the military's withdrawal while leaving behind American citizens and equipment. He said, "We could have withdrawn honorably, and we should have," adding, "We left in a manner completely opposite to honor, which was not a withdrawal but a total surrender."

He also added, "The Taliban showed me respect," and "If I were still in office, Afghanistan would not have fallen so easily."

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