The guy is an amoral moron.'A bald-faced lie': Biden is slammed for claiming Kabul 'chaos' was inevitable after months of saying it was NOT. Irritable President snaps in car-crash interview over questions on Afghans falling from planes
By HARRIET ALEXANDER and LAUREN LEWIS and ROB CRILLY, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
- Biden defended handling of Afghan crisis in an interview on Wednesday with ABC's George Stephanopoulos
- He answered questions for the first time in a week as the chaotic evacuation of Kabul evacuation continued
- Snapped at questions about Afghans falling to their deaths after clinging to wheels of US evacuation flights
- 'That was four days ago, five days ago,' he said about video from Monday - to the bemusement of his critics
- Opponents reacted with disbelief to the idea that a chaotic evacuation was inevitable after the US withdrawal
- 'No way to avoid this chaos? That's a bald-faced lie,' said Senator Tom Cotton, Republican for Arkansas
- Nikki Haley, Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump Jr and Ric Grenell, have all condemned the President's remarks
PUBLISHED: 17:17 EDT, 18 August 2021 | UPDATED: 10:22 EDT, 19 August 2021