Trump on third anniversary of deadly Afghanistan military withdrawal: 'Most EMBARRASSING moment'

"You don’t take our soldiers out first, you take them out LAST, when all else is successfully done," Donald Trump wrote.

Published: August 26, 2024 9:31am

Updated: August 26, 2024 9:32am

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday, the third anniversary of the U.S. military's chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, criticized the Biden administration's handling of the matter.

"This is the third anniversary of the BOTCHED Afghanistan withdrawal, the most EMBARRASSING moment in the history of our Country," the former president wrote. "Gross Incompetence - 13 DEAD American soldiers, hundreds of people wounded and dead, AMERICANS and BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT LEFT BEHIND.

On Aug. 26, 2021, 13 U.S. military members were killed in a terror attack at the Abbey Gate outside of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan.

"You don’t take our soldiers out first, you take them out LAST, when all else is successfully done. Russia then invaded Ukraine, Israel was attacked, and the USA became, and is, a laughing stock all over the World," Trump also posted. "THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA REMAINS SILENT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE WORST ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY! MAGA2024"

Later in the morning, Trump participated in a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. 

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