'Someone should ask Joe, if they can find him': Trump questions what Biden will 'surrender to next' and criticizes him for hiding at Camp David after urging he resign over the Taliban's Afghanistan takeover
Donald Trump is tearing into Joe Biden again with accusations he surrendered to the Taliban and is now hiding at Camp David the Monday after the insurgents' lightning takeover of Afghanistan in the wake of US troops withdrawing.
'The outcome in Afghanistan, including the withdrawal, would have been totally different if the Trump Administration had been in charge. Who or what will Joe Biden surrender to next? Someone should ask him, if they can find him,' the ex-president suggested.
He also mocked his political rival over current state of the pandemic, saying Biden 'first surrendered to COVID and it has come roaring back.'
'Then he surrendered to the Taliban, who has quickly overtaken Afghanistan and destroyed confidence in American power and influence,' Trump compared.
A statement later in the morning simply read, 'Afghanistan is the most embarrassing military outcome in the history of the United States. It didn’t have to be that way!'
Biden has been at Camp David, the president's official country retreat, over the weekend as the Taliban swept over Afghanistan in a stunningly paced offensive and took Kabul Sunday.
He's expected to address Americans and the world directly on Monday afternoon as scenes of chaos and desperation emerge out of Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport.
Trump sent a statement to his followers on Sunday calling on President Biden to 'resign in disgrace' on Sunday amid the Talibans's takeover of Afghanistan after the withdrawal of U.S. troops
Taliban fighters are seen on the back of a vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 16th after the insurgents took the city Sunday
Trump sent out another statement Monday morning hitting at Biden for 'taking out our military' before Afghan allies and other civilians were evacuated.
'Can anyone even imagine taking out our Military before evacuating civilians and others who have been good to our Country and who should be allowed to seek refuge? In addition, these people left topflight and highly sophisticated equipment. Who can believe such incompetence?,' he in the follow up before again comparing Biden's administration to his own.
'Under my Administration, all civilians and equipment would have been removed,' Trump said.
But it was Trump's peace agreement with the Taliban in 2020 that formally set up a full withdrawal of US troops in the first place.
Biden extended Trump's initial May 1st deadline for a full military withdrawal, which the former president also criticized at the time.
Meanwhile the Pentagon deployed 6,000 troops to secure the airport for people trying to flee and the White House released a photo of Biden at Camp David, sitting at a wide table by himself and appearing to have a virtual meeting with various officials including Kamala Harris.
Joe Biden has not directly addressed the country yet, but the White House released a photo Sunday of the president virtually meeting with senior officials and his national security team while at Camp David
Chaos and fear spread at Kabul's airport on August 16th as hundreds of people try to flee the Taliban
'This morning, the President and Vice President met with their national security team and senior officials to hear updates on the draw down of our civilian personnel in Afghanistan, evacuations of SIV applicants and other Afghan allies, and the ongoing security situation in Kabul,' the picture was captioned on Twitter.
Biden's relative silence on foreign disputes comes as US COVID cases continue to strain hospitals across the South as more unvaccinated Americans fall ill to the more severe Delta variant.
The number of children hospitalized with COVID hit a record high of 1,902 on Saturday.
Trump released two statements within two hours of each other, both criticizing Biden for US troops withdrawing from Afghanistan and comparing what his own administration would do
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