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From the Washington Examiner: President Joe Biden on Monday defended his foreign policy record and said he’s giving the incoming Trump administration a stronger hand to play on the world stage.
Speaking at the State Department in his final week as commander in chief, Biden said the United States has more friends and stronger alliances as he leaves office. He urged President-elect Donald Trump to carry forward his legacy, especially on climate agreements and U.S. global leadership.
On his deadliest foreign policy mistake — the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan that killed 13 service members — Biden stood by his decision to end the war that started after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
“I’m the first president in decades to not leave the war in Afghanistan to his successor,” Biden said during his farewell address to State Department employees in Washington, D.C.
Biden then reached into one jacket pocket, and finding nothing, searched the other pocket, again finding nothing, as he said he usually carries a card with “the actual number of dead and wounded incurred in our longest war” to remind himself of the bloodshed.
“Ending the war was the right thing to do and I believe history will reflect that,” Biden declared.
Watch below:
President Biden on Afghanistan: “Ending the war was the right thing to do and I believe history will reflect that.” pic.twitter.com/mKH9VRdCll
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 13, 2025
Several social media users are commenting that they supported withdrawing from Afghanistan, but note the way Biden did it was the real disaster.
Ending the war was the right thing.
The way the Biden administration ended the war certainly was not.
— John J. Trotta IV (@tpajohn) January 13, 2025
This man is either a fool or corrupt to the core. It was the abrupt, irresponsible and reckless way his administration conducted the withdrawal needlessly putting in arms way 13 military personnel killed and countless Afghans murdered on that day. There was no reasonable plan to…
— Henry Pelifian 🇺🇸 (@HPelifian) January 13, 2025
Except the part when you left all the military supplies behind. That was the stupidest thing you could have ever done. I call it treason.
— ConservativTreeHuger (@consertreehuger) January 13, 2025
Biden forgets card with military deaths in speech to defend his foreign policy legacy https://t.co/0ALc6Ch3qD
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) January 14, 2025
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