The calamitous U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan and escalation of terrorist threats against American interests are failing to reverse the declining influence of Republican hawks precipitated by the rise of former President Donald Trump.

Republicans in Congress, and those mulling a 2024 presidential bid, have mercilessly denounced President Joe Biden amid the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and chaotic evacuation of American citizens and America’s Afghan allies. The effort was additionally marred by a terrorist attack at the Kabul airport carried out by Islamic State offshoot ISIS-K that killed 13 American servicemen and scores of Afghans, prompting an intensification of Republican attacks on Biden’s embattled leadership.