Biden Afghanistan speech LIVE – Joe threatens ‘devastating force’ against Taliban & says he’s ‘responsible’

PRESIDENT Joe Biden on Monday finally addressed the nation on the crisis in Afghanistan after days of silence.

Biden, who had just left the Camp David presidential retreat, threatened “devastating force” against the Taliban if they were to interfere with the US evacuating from Afghanistan.

The president said he’s “responsible” for what has happened, but noted that the crisis in Afghanistan has lasted through four US presidents – and that “the buck stops here.”

Biden said he will not “pass the responsibility [of removing troops from Afghanistan] to a fifth president.”

Senior military officials say the chaos at the Kabul airport on Monday left seven people dead, including some who fell from a departing American military transport jet.

Former President Donald Trump has demanded Biden resign over the Taliban’s advances in Afghanistan.

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