# Did the Afghanistan Withdrawal Sink Biden’s Presidency - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2119012332139393065 - Source account: [@johnfkjuniorq](https://x.com/johnfkjuniorq) - Source language: English - Duration: 2:40 - Published: 2026-11-07 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency) Look, if you look at the, if you look at the arc of the Biden presidency, he was in really good shape until August of 2021 when Afghanistan happened. [0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=8) He went under 40, she went under 40, and they really lived there until the end of the pres- Why? He's still there. Why? [0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=13) Because, I'll tell you why. Because- Because, because he, because he ran and told us he was, that the adults were back in charge, and that was the opposite of that. [0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=19) Yeah, they were because Donald Trump is a child. [0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=21) And you know, and, and you know what else? Yeah. And you know what else? [0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=23) He's a tr- right. The fact that they wouldn't give these, uh, 13 service members' families the time of day- Bullshit, dude ... the time of day. They would not. I'm sorry. [0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=31) They would not. I'm sorry. It was wrong. But Donald Trump hates veterans. [0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=34) He called them suckers and losers. He did. He absolutely despise- Look- He has his whole life, he has his entire life. [0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=43) I, I know you're, I know you're super emotional. I, I just- Of course, I am ... the, the, the, the- I'm terrified ... I, I'm telling you the political reality is that when they made that decision- It doesn't matter ... when they- But you don't admit- When they made that decision- ... that Donald Trump hates veterans. [0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=54) Let me, let, let me just- You don't, you don't admit it ... let me just- You deny a man, Chief John Kelly, a Marine, you deny... You say he lied. I know. You're still, you're still campaigning. [1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=60) You say he lied. It's all a brother. You're still campaigning. [1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=62) Let me let Zach finish his thought. It's not over. It, it, it'll never be over. [1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=64) Then I wanna hear what Colby has to say. It'll never be over. The, the- You wish ... the, the political reality is when they made that decision and everyone realized, "Oh my gosh, these aren't the competent adults that we were promised"- Oh, yeah. Donald Trump does ... and then- Right ... and then when you pile on top of it [1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=77) the decisions that made inflation worse, it was a compounding interest of political crap over time- No ... that they could never get out of, and that's how she lost the room. [1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=87) Colby, go ahead. There was a bipartisan consensus to get out of Afghanistan. [1:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=90) That wasn't the point. Uh, yeah. It was the way it was done. [1:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=91) It was Trump's decision to get out of Afghanistan. No, no. Hold on. Yeah. [1:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=93) It was, it was the implementation. I mean, I, I think that's worth saying. [1:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=94) It was the fact that they took out our soldiers, uh, first instead of last, which is, you would think would be common sense. And again, it's like you said- ... we thought the adults were in the room. [1:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=103) That's why people voted for Biden. Yes. A return to normalcy, a return to competence. [1:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=106) He's a lifelong public servant. We thought, "We're gonna get normal. We're gonna get competent." [1:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=110) We did. And that's what- We did ... that's, that's what it's about. We did. We did. [1:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=113) And if, and, and the veterans community, I mean- Afghanistan doesn't signal that. Afghanistan- And if, and, and the veterans community, I mean- Afghanistan doesn't signal that. Afghanistan- The, the, the wars, the wars in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, [2:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=120) the Republican policies that led to those wars, the idea that, that Joe Biden made the final difficult decision, and his administration, and his military leaders. [2:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=128) I mean, you guys live on the tippy-top of Bullshit Mountain if you actually think that, that, that, that so many people think that the pull out of Afghanistan was the, the pivot point. [2:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=137) Are you kidding me? Well, I mean, I, I can read a chart, and I can read a poll. [2:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=140) I guess you can't, but the reality is when he made that decision- Ugh, your petty insults- When he made that deci- ... are so weak, dude. You have no idea. [2:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=146) Like, I don't even understand if you hear yourself talking. [2:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=149) Look, I mean, listen- You can, you can laugh all you want, but like- Um, I- I'm laughing ... I can't read a chart? Like, it's, it's just- Just a second ... it's so tacky. [2:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6BybOU9DFW5b/en/did-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-sink-biden-s-presidency?t=156) So, so on, the reas- It's so uninteresting- Look, the reason that we- ... it's unconvincing ... we brought this up is because-