Trump said Biden and Harris were responsible for the deaths of 13 service members in the 2021 U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan.
Donald Trump appeared to deflect the backlash over an alleged Arlington National Cemetery altercation by linking Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign to the 2021 Kabul Abbey Gate suicide bombing that led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members and 170 Afghans.
On Truth Social, above pictures of the military personnel killed in the bombing during the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan, the former president wrote: « Harris and Biden are responsible for this! They owe the families, and our Country, a very big apology. »
Trump’s post came in the wake of mounting backlash over an alleged altercation on August 26 between his staff and a cemetery official while the former president attended a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The memorial commemorated the service members who died in the Abbey Gate bombing.
On Wednesday, Ohio Senator JD Vance, Trump’s 2024 running mate, also accused Harris of « falling asleep at the wheel » and failing to properly investigate the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
« To have those 13 Americans lose their lives and not fire a single person is disgraceful. Kamala Harris is disgraceful », Vance said at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania.
