Fox News Psaki dodged questions about a controversial phone call between Biden and the Afghan president
An old tweet from White House press secretary Jen Psaki is coming back to haunt her amid reports of the controversial July phone call between President Biden and then-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani as the administration pursued the military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
According to a transcript of the July 23 presidential call reviewed by Reuters, Biden didnât anticipate the Talibanâs rapid advance across Afghanistan, which ended when its fighters stormed Kabul on Aug. 15 and Ghani fled the presidential palace. Instead, Biden focused much of the 14-minute call on the Afghan governmentâs “perception” problem, Reuters reported.
