{"id":579899,"date":"2021-07-02T13:20:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T17:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=579899"},"modified":"2021-07-02T13:20:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T17:20:46","slug":"happy-things-man-biden-snaps-at-reporters-asking-about-afghanistan-says-hell-only-answer-legitimate-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happy-things-man-biden-snaps-at-reporters-asking-about-afghanistan-says-hell-only-answer-legitimate-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Happy Things, Man!\u2019 Biden Snaps At Reporters Asking About Afghanistan, Says He\u2019ll Only Answer \u2018Legitimate Questions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fhappy-things-man-biden-snaps-at-reporters-asking-about-afghanistan-says-hell-only-answer-legitimate-questions%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=579899&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1311496365.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden abruptly cut off reporters asking about last night\u2019s troop withdrawal from Afghanistan\u2019s Bagram Air Force Base, telling a press conference that he would answer only \u201clegitimate questions\u201d and that he preferred \u201chappy\u201d subjects, like the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to talk about happy things, man!\u201d Biden snapped at a reporter asking a question about last night\u2019s troop withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>Quickly regrouping, Biden finished, \u201cWe\u2019re on track exactly as to where we expected to be. There will be some forces left. But it\u2019s a rational drawdown with our allies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then demanded to answer questions on \u201chappy\u201d subjects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to answer anymore on Afghanistan. It\u2019s Fourth of July,\u201d Biden said. \u201cI\u2019m concerned that you guys are asking me questions that I\u2019ll answer next week. It\u2019s the holiday weekend. I\u2019m going to celebrate it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>American troops made a swift exit from Bagram AFB overnight Thursday, leaving the central hub of Afghan operations after a nearly 20-year presence in the country. The exit is part of a Biden administration-backed troop drawdown that will end on September 11, 2021, exactly 20 years after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The government did not officially announce the pullout from Bagram, but last week, foreign troops stationed at Bagram began leaving the airbase. As of Wednesday, officials said, American troops were around \u201c50% packed\u201d and ready to leave. The remaining U.S. troops will leave the country later in July, leaving around 650 troops to provide protection to diplomats and American officials. After September 11, 2021, just 300 troops will remain in Afghanistan, charged with protecting the American embassy in Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>As the Daily Wire reported earlier on Friday, residents of Afghanistan remain concerned about American troop withdrawal, particularly given that the Taliban has been on a military offensive.<\/p>\n<p>After saying he would \u201ccelebrate\u201d the holiday weekend, Biden talked up the American economy and urged reporters to ask \u201clegitimate\u201d questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cThere are great things happening. The economy is growing faster than any time in 40 years. We got a record number of new jobs, COVID deaths are down 90%, wages are up faster than any time in 15 years. We\u2019re bringing our troops home. All across America, people are going to ball games. This is good,\u201d he said, following up on a White House tweet from Thursday night claiming this year\u2019s July 4th feast would be cheaper than last year\u2019s by around $.16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cI\u2019ll answer all your negative questions \u2013 not negative questions,\u201d he added. \u201cLegitimate questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden closed the conference by suggesting that he will have a dedicated press conference on the Afghan drawdown next week.<\/p>\n<p>Trying to find a \u201clegitimate question,\u201d a reporter asked Biden about progress in passing a massive infrastructure package.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome on guys,\u201d Biden replied. \u201cI love you guys but it\u2019s a process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The infrastructure plan is currently mired in the House, where Democrats remain adamant that even the Senate\u2019s compromise infrastructure bill cannot pass if it is not paired with an expansive \u201chuman infrastructure bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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