against the Taliban, with many thousands of them risking their own lives to save Americans...as vocally testified to by many U.S. troops. Trump's "Deal" with the Taliban was for a May 1 exit by the U.S. with NO provisions for the evacuation of ANY Afghanis...in fact, his admin did all they could during their entire term in office to stonewall Special Visa applications...a despicable denial of true American values and one that would have done great harm to our current and future foreign relations had it not been for actions taken by the incoming Biden administration.
Immediately on taking office, the Biden administration started taking away the roadblocks to Special Visas and worked with other nations to have them join us in finding ways to evacuate as many Afghanis as possible...at the same time, the admin negotiated a more favorable exit date for the August/September timeframe, ultimately allowing the evacuation of over 180,000 Afghanis. The unfortunate final days and the tragic Abbey Gate loss of life was the result of a total collapse of Afghani military security, and a woefully small contingent of U.S. forces (2,500 total) negotiated by Donald Trump...along with increased ISIS forces.
The Biden admin's "fault" was in trying to save as many Afghanis as possible...along with far flung U.S. citizens...in the midst of a chaotic situation with very limited time. Not unlike the evacuations from Vietnam...it's hard to imagine a perfectly clean scenario.
This whole "Afghanistan" issue has become a trope for Trump and the GOP to hide their poor planning and total lack of concern for others who risked their lives to save Americans.