Biden claimed during Thursday night’s simulcast of CNN’s presidential debate that he is the only president “in this century” and “in this decade” who “hasn’t had a soldier killed anywhere in the world,” but he made no acknowledgement of the 13 combat deaths during his administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Biden was answering questions about the economy from CNN debate moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, and he addressed former President Trump’s tax cuts and the economy under the previous administration.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump split image (Getty Images)
Flashback: Kabul airport explosion kills 13 US troops, wounds many, officials say
“The best economy in the world? He’s the only one who thinks that,” Biden said of Trump. “I don’t know anybody else who thinks we have the best economy in the world.”
“He delivered the biggest tax cut in history ($2 trillion), but he also suddenly created the biggest deficit of any president,” Biden continued.
But Biden turned his attention to Afghanistan.
Biden said Trump had “done nothing” on Afghanistan.
Flashback: ISIS-K suicide bomber was prisoner released from Bagram Air Base, sources say
“The fact is, I’m the only president this century, this decade, who has had no soldiers killed anywhere in the world like he has,” Biden said.
But amid the Biden administration’s dire withdrawal of U.S. troops and assets from Afghanistan, 13 U.S. soldiers were killed on August 26, 2021, outside Hamid Karzai International Airport.
Hundreds of Afghans walk on the runway at Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 16, 2021. (Naqib Mirzada)
The suicide bombing killed 13 U.S. military personnel, including 11 Marines, one Navy sailor, and one Army soldier. Eighteen other U.S. military personnel were injured. More than 150 civilians were killed in the bombing.
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In July 2021, all U.S. troops withdrew from Bagram, Afghanistan’s largest military base.
Fox News Digital reported that the suicide bomber was a member of ISIS-K who was being held as a prisoner at Bagram Air Base. He was released on August 15, 2021, when the Taliban took control of the base.
