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‘Commander-in-absentia’: Biden resumes vacation while crises rage at home, abroad
The Washington Times ^

Posted on 08/15/2021 2:18:06 PM PDT by Brilliant

President Biden got back to his vacation… spending time at Camp David as the Taliban roars across Afghanistan…

Mr. Biden is expected to spend the weekend at the presidential retreat in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains before continuing his summer holiday next week at his home in Wilmington.

The R&R comes amid a stunning collapse of the Afghanistan government as the provincial capitals fall to the Taliban, which now controls the majority of the country and is closing in on the capital, Kabul.

Mr. Biden has made no remarks on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan since Tuesday. He has no public events on his schedule this weekend.

Meanwhile, nearly 140,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the U.S. on Thursday, up from the 35,000 new cases on the same date last month.

Gasoline prices reached their highest level in years, but the pump isn’t the only place where consumers are feeling squeezed. Prices for goods and services are climbing higher in a wave of runaway inflation.

And Mr. Biden’s Homeland Security Secretary acknowledged this week the administration is facing a “serious challenge” at the southern border. In July, U.S. Customs and Border Protection apprehended 212,672 people, the highest total in two decades.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; afghanistandebacle; biden; bidenadm; bidenmia; bidensfault; california; dementiajoe; nancypelosi; taliban; waronterror; whosincontrol
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1 posted on 08/15/2021 2:18:06 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

If there have been any meetings at all about the Afghanistan situation, the #1 topic of strategy was HOW TO BLAME IT ALL ON TRUMP!


2 posted on 08/15/2021 2:20:06 PM PDT by a real Sheila (I'm NOT anti-vax. Just asking questions. We should ALL be asking questions!)
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To: Brilliant

If Trump did this, it’d be on every news channel every hour.


3 posted on 08/15/2021 2:22:17 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I thought it was okay to leave my trash here. The sign said "Fine for littering".)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Sorry, Biden in a fill blown breakdown???


5 posted on 08/15/2021 2:24:27 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I miss out mean tweeting, man spreading, room owning President…)
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To: Brilliant

Hey give him a break. His job now is to destroy everything Pres. Trump set up to make us safer and more prosperous and enact totally inept policies like the Southern Border security. Other than that he has many ice cream purchases that wow the late Fourth Estate reporters and take LIDs when the going gets tough.


6 posted on 08/15/2021 2:24:44 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti)
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To: Brilliant

Something else is going on here. I bet joe’s days are numbered.


7 posted on 08/15/2021 2:25:03 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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8 posted on 08/15/2021 2:25:49 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’’)
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To: Brilliant

“The Biden Plan is working.” - Joe Biden


9 posted on 08/15/2021 2:26:41 PM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Shut the deuce up!!! I'll do the fighting!!!)
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They’d be calling for Trump to be impeached.


10 posted on 08/15/2021 2:28:20 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: JoSixChip

I pray you are right. Enough already of this drooling idiot, and I DO MEAN IDIOT!!!!!!!!


11 posted on 08/15/2021 2:29:36 PM PDT by MagUSNRET ((" I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of he night"))
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To: Brilliant
Posted on twitter 20 minutes ago...

AP 5:11 PM EDST - Aug 15, 2021

""I see people crying, they are not sure whether their flight will happen." The chop of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul’s airport punctuated a rush by thousands of others to flee, as the Taliban reached Afghanistan’s capital."

12 posted on 08/15/2021 2:30:24 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: Nathan _in_Arkansas

I think Biden meant it.


13 posted on 08/15/2021 2:30:35 PM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: Brilliant

Wow. Biden is so amazing! All these distractions going on and yet he can still keep cool.🥰

Though I sincerely hope his remaining dog isn’t with him at Camp David.


14 posted on 08/15/2021 2:30:51 PM PDT by Do_Tar (Do I really need a /sarc?)
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To: JoSixChip

I can’t imagine that his replacement would be any better. We may be longing for the days of the senile old fool.


15 posted on 08/15/2021 2:31:30 PM PDT by tatown
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To: Brilliant

That traitorous piece of trash is just negotiating the price for his next anti American policy decision. he is a disgrace to America!


16 posted on 08/15/2021 2:31:36 PM PDT by patriot torch (Ashlie Babbitt-say her name)
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To: Brilliant

Wonder if he’s really vacationing...

Weekend at BiteMe’s...?


17 posted on 08/15/2021 2:31:59 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Brilliant

BiXiden was on vacation all during the Campaign.


18 posted on 08/15/2021 2:32:00 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: Brilliant

19 posted on 08/15/2021 2:32:31 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: Paladin2

He just had a four day weekend last weekend.


20 posted on 08/15/2021 2:33:33 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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