{"id":2285082,"date":"2024-06-28T01:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T05:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blames-foreign-policy-crises-on-biden-weakness-during-debate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T01:15:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T05:15:40","slug":"trump-blames-foreign-policy-crises-on-biden-weakness-during-debate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blames-foreign-policy-crises-on-biden-weakness-during-debate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump blames foreign policy crises on Biden weakness during debate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-blames-foreign-policy-crises-on-biden-weakness-during-debate-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2285082&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald \u2062Trump criticized President Joe Biden\u2063 for his handling \u2063of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, suggesting \u2064that it showcased weaknesses that impacted global geopolitical dynamics. During a debate, Trump repeatedly mentioned the \u200dchaotic and deadly final moments of the withdrawal, blaming Biden for not managing a dignified\u2064 exit and for the loss of \u2064American lives. He \u2063further claimed \u200dthat this perceived \u200bweakness emboldened leaders like\u2062 Vladimir \u200bPutin, \u2062contributing to aggressive actions such \u2064as Russia&#8217;s involvement in Ukraine. While Trump criticized Biden&#8217;s foreign policy and withdrawal\u200b strategy,\u2063 he was less specific about his own plans if re-elected. Biden defended his actions, emphasizing \u200ccontinued U.S. military support for Ukraine and Israel. Critiques extended to both leaders, noting that while \u200cTrump struck a deal with the Taliban in 2020, the execution under Biden was flawed, leading to\u200d significant casualties \u200bincluding a \u200btragic airstrike that mistakenly killed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-dominion-machines-breaking-down-in-several-georgia-gop-precincts-voters-told-workers-will-scan-ballots-later\/\" title=\"Reports: Dominion Machines Breaking Down in Several Georgia GOP Precincts; Voters Told Workers Will Scan Ballots Later\">aid worker<\/a> and his family.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> blamed many ongoing global troubles on President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> weaknesses stemming from the way the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/u-s-military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>U.S. military<\/a> withdrew from Afghanistan<\/p>\n<p>Trump was quick to criticize Biden\u2019s foreign policy during Thursday\u2019s debate but rarely offered specifics on how a potential second Trump administration would be different. Biden meanwhile sought to defend his administration\u2019s withdrawal from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/afghanistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Afghanistan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-terrible-biden-stories-the-legacy-media-buried-last-week\/\" title=\"3 Terrible Biden Stories The Legacy Media Buried Last Week\">continued military support<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ukraine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a>, which Trump frequently referenced over the course of the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Both Trump and Biden wanted to withdraw from Afghanistan, and the former agreed to a deal with the Taliban back in 2020, but the actual final days were mired in controversy. Thirteen U.S. troops were killed and dozens of others were injured in a massive suicide bombing attack that killed about 170 people, all of whom were outside the Kabul airport where U.S. troops were conducting emergency evacuations for at-risk people.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military also carried out an errant airstrike three days later, believing it was targeting a terrorist who posed an imminent threat to U.S. forces, but it turns out the individual was an aid worker. He and several members of his family were killed in the strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was getting out of Afghanistan, but we\u2019re getting out with dignity, with strength, with power. He got out. It was the most embarrassing day in the history of our country\u2019s life,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-meeting-with-pregnant-wife-of-marine-killed-in-kabul-scripted-and-shallow-total-disregard-to-the-loss-family-claims\/\" title=\"Biden Meeting With Pregnant Wife Of Marine Killed In Kabul \u2018Scripted And Shallow,\u2019 \u2018Total Disregard To The Loss,\u2019 Family Claims\">president brought<\/a> up Afghanistan on multiple occasions during the debate and he argued that Biden \u201cshould have fired every military man that was involved with that Afghan \u2014 the Afghanistan horror show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3062587\/biden-inaccurately-claims-no-troops-died-during-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"inaccurately claimed no U.S. service member\">inaccurately claimed no U.S. service member<\/a> has been killed during his administration. At least five U.S. troops have been killed overseas in 2024, in Jordan and in the Arabian Sea, in addition to the 13 killed in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Michael\u00a0O\u2019Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, \u201cBiden was fine on substance but not compelling as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-places-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-amid-coup\/\" title=\"Biden admin. places sanctions on Myanmar military leaders amid coup\">national leader<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Afghanistan paved way for Putin aggression<\/h2>\n<p>Trump went on to argue that the way the withdrawal played out demonstrated weakness to foreign adversaries, like Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in addition to actors in the Middle East. North Korea and China are aiding Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-teacher-praises-transgender-activist-sex-worker-in-front-of-middle-schoolers\/\" title=\"Minnesota Teacher Praises Transgender Activist, Sex Worker In Front Of Middle Schoolers\">war efforts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Putin saw\u201d the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, \u201che said, you know what, I think we\u2019re going to go in and maybe take\u201d Ukraine, Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The former president said Russia wouldn\u2019t have invaded Ukraine had he still been in office, and he claimed he would end the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knew not to do it. Not going to play games with me. He knew that I got along with him very well, but he knew not to play games,\u201d he argued. \u201cThat\u2019s a war that should have never started. It would have never started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia has not had the success in Ukraine it or many Western countries expected. Initial predictions were that Russia would topple Kyiv in a matter of weeks, but the war has gone on for more than two years now, and Russia has altered its war aims and is no longer actively pursuing Kyiv after facing much stiffer Ukrainian resistance.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, responding to a question from the moderators, acknowledged that Putin\u2019s terms for ending the war are not \u201cacceptable,\u201d which may be notable given his repeated claims that he could end the war immediately. He has not elaborated how he\u2019d end the war.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump claims he would have prevented Hamas attack<\/h2>\n<p>Trump also claimed that Israel would not be in a war against Hamas if he had been president. The Biden administration has said Hamas likely carried out the attack to stop Israeli-Saudi normalization efforts, which stem from the Trump administration\u2019s Abraham Accords, which were a set of normalization deals between Israel and other Middle Eastern countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden, in defending his record, also mentioned the United States\u2019s participation in Israel\u2019s defense against a historic Iranian attack in April. Tehran launched roughly 300 rockets and missiles and only a handful were not intercepted by the combined support.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has provided Ukraine and Israel with billions of dollars of aid to defend themselves without putting U.S. troops in either war zone.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump attributed global issues to President Joe Biden&#8217;s perceived weaknesses, particularly criticizing the U.S. military&#8217;s withdrawal from Afghanistan during Thursday&#8217;s debate. Trump offered few details on how his potential second administration would differ. Biden defended his foreign policy decisions throughout the debate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2285083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24180044633381-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,3896,4551,3634],"class_list":["post-2285082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-debate","tag-foreign-policy","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24180044633381-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}