>DJT left the Afghanis out of all withdrawal plans...dispiriting them to the point that they started leaving for the hills, if not other countries...instead of providing backup for our troops as they were leaving.
>Started withdrawing U.S. troops way too early...leaving office with only 2,500 left in the country...barely enough to protect Kabul airport and State Dept. personnel
>Set a May 1st deadline for withdrawal, leaving Biden only 3-1/2 months to arrange it...and virtually Zero quality transition effort to help with it
>Throughout his first term, DJT axed Special Immigrant Visa processes for friendly Afghanis who saved many, many American lives...as testified to by Afghan War Vets who demonstrated in front of Congress for their safe removal...i.e. NO PLAN for getting ANY Afghans out of there.
>Enter Biden, who negotiated 4 MORE months to get as much U.S. Equipment out, or disabled, as possible...but an increase in troop numbers wasn't possible thanks to Trump's promise of only 2,500.
>Biden also negotiated with other nations to evacuate over 180,000 friendly Afghanis and their families out.
>A lone ISIS-K suicide bomber killed scores of Afghanis and 13 U.S. Troops...virtually impossible to stop in the short-handed and chaotic circumstances at the end, since there were hardly anymore friendly Afghani troops left to man the perimeter of the Kabul airport. Sure would have been nice if Trump had been a better negotiator and insisted on a larger U.S. force...over a 4 month longer period...it's on DJT, not Biden.
The Real Stain would have been turning our backs on the many thousands of friendly Afghanis...which is exactly what Trump intended.