Can I just remind Bill Kristol that it was Donald Trump who made the initial agreement with the Taliban to withdraw from Afghanistan by July of 2020, followed by a complete withdrawal of all US troops by May of 2021! Trump then recklessly withdrew US forces from 1300 troops to 8600 troops. By the time President Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2021, there were only 2500 troops remaining in Afghanistan!

President Biden actually extended the final US troop withdrawal to Aug. 31, 2O21. So, as messy as the US withdrawal was, it was Donald Trump who made the initial agreement with the Taliban to withdraw from Afghanistan, & it was Donald Trump who bears responsibility for the low number of US troops who remained there, thus severely hindering our exit on Aug. 31, 2021.