00:00Mr. President, there had not been a U.S. servicemember killed in combat in Afghanistan since February of 2020.
00:07You set a deadline, you pulled troops out, you sent troops back in, and now 12 Marines are dead.
00:14You said the buck stops with you.
00:16Do you bear any responsibility for the way that things have unfolded in the last two weeks?
00:22I bear responsibility for fundamentally all that's happened of late.
00:27But here's the deal. You know, I wish you'd one day say these things, you know as well as I
00:34do that the former president made a deal with the Taliban that he would get all American forces out of
00:45Afghanistan by May 1.
00:47In return, the commitment was made, and that was a year before.
00:52In return, he was given a commitment that the Taliban would continue to attack others but would not attack any
01:01American forces.
01:02Remember that?
01:04I'm being serious.
01:06No, I'm asking you a question.
01:10No, no, no, wait a minute.
01:12I'm asking you a question.
01:13Is that accurate?
01:14The best thing I'm talking about, but Mr. President, respectfully, since I don't think that the issue that...
01:19Do you think that people have an issue with pulling out of Afghanistan or just a wave of things that
01:24happen?
01:26I think they have an issue that people are likely to get hurt, some, as we've seen, have gotten killed,
01:37and that it is messy.
01:40The reason why, whether my friend will acknowledge it, or has reported it, the reason why there were no attacks
01:48on Americans, as you said, from the date until I came into office,
01:54was because the commitment was made by President Trump, I will be out by May 1st.
02:01In the meantime, you agree not to attack any Americans.
02:05That was the deal.
02:06That's why no American was attacked.
02:09Thank you.
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