Biden brushes off chaotic Kabul airport scenes as ‘five days ago’ in defensive ABC interview

President Joe Biden speaks to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News.  (ABC News)
President Joe Biden speaks to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News. (ABC News)
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President Joe Biden bristled when pressed by ABC News on the chaotic and shocking scenes from Kabul airport earlier this week, when desperate Afghans clung to the side of a US military plane as it attempted to lift off.

“We’ve all seen the pictures. We’ve seen those hundreds of people packed in a C-17. We’ve seen Afghans falling –” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos said before Mr Biden cut in.

“That was four days ago, five days ago!” the president said, though it was more recent than that.

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