Former President Donald Trump is anticipated to assault Vice President Kamala Harris on the third anniversary of the lethal Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 People through the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal.
Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is anticipated to go to Arlington Nationwide Cemetery to pay his respects to the service members killed within the bombing exterior the Kabul airport. Trump will then go to Michigan to handle the Nationwide Guard Affiliation of the USA convention.
Monday marks three years for the reason that Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai Worldwide Airport, which killed 13 American service members and greater than 100 Afghans. The Islamic State group claimed duty for the assault.
Since President Biden ended his re-election bid, Trump has been zeroing in on Harris, now the Democratic presidential nominee, and her function in overseas coverage choices. He particularly highlighted the vice chairman’s statements that she was the final particular person within the room earlier than Biden made the choice on Afghanistan.
HARRIS’ ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL A MYSTERY DESPITE BEING ‘LAST PERSON IN THE ROOM’ WITH BIDEN
Former President Trump speaks at a marketing campaign rally on the Desert Diamond Area on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Picture/Evan Vucci)
“She bragged that she would be the last person in the room, and she was. She was the last person in the room with Biden when the two of them decided to pull the troops out of Afghanistan,” he stated final week in a North Carolina rally. “She had the final vote. She had the final say, and she was all for it.”
The kinfolk of a few of the 13 American service members who have been killed appeared on stage on the Republican Nationwide Conference final month, saying Biden had by no means publicly named their family members.
Democrats wielded allegations that Trump doesn’t respect veterans and had beforehand referred to slain World Conflict II troopers as suckers and losers — accusations denied by Trump.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris seems on stage through the Democratic Nationwide Conference on Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Picture/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Below Trump, the USA signed a peace settlement with the Taliban that was geared toward ending America’s longest warfare and bringing U.S. troops house. Biden later pointed to that settlement as he sought to deflect blame for the Taliban overrunning Afghanistan, saying it certain him to withdraw troops and set the stage for the chaos that engulfed the nation.
Taliban fighters line as much as exhibit their weapons as they management entry to the Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 25, 2021. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Occasions)
A Biden administration assessment of the withdrawal acknowledged that the evacuation of People and allies from Afghanistan ought to have began sooner, however attributed the delays to the Afghan authorities and navy, and to U.S. navy and intelligence group assessments.
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The highest two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation stated the administration inadequately deliberate for the withdrawal. The nation’s top-ranking navy officer on the time, then-Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, advised lawmakers earlier this 12 months he had urged Biden to maintain a residual power of two,500 forces to offer backup. As an alternative, Biden determined to maintain a a lot smaller power of 650 that may be restricted to securing the U.S. embassy.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
