Trump lays wreath to honor Abbey Gate victims while Biden stays out of sight

Published August 26, 2024 10:54am ET



Former President Donald Trump marked the anniversary of the United States’s withdrawal from Afghanistan on Monday by laying wreathes at Arlington National Cemetery to honor the soldiers whose lives were lost three years ago.

House Republicans have used the date, on which 13 service members were killed in a suicide bombing in 2021 at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, to criticize President Joe Biden for the chaotic evacuation but also honor the soldiers and their families.

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