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Quote from Mail onLine:

President Biden has been slammed for the 'bald-faced lie' that chaos in Kabul during the final stages of the US withdrawal was inevitable after saying for months it was not.

The President's performance was blasted from all arenas with Republicans and Democrats branding Biden 'shameful' and calling for him to 'take responsibility' for the the scenes of violence and disorder in recent days as thousands attempted to flee while the Taliban advanced.

Biden was criticized for having 'no urgency' in tackling the crisis, while others said the President was 'impotent' and 'dishonest' after his interview with ABC News on Wednesday.

In the interview with George Stephanopoulos Biden expressed disbelief there was 'a way to have gotten out with chaos' and said he did not think the withdrawal could have been handled without mistakes. He said: 'The idea that somehow, there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don't know how that happens'.

However, just six weeks ago at a White House briefing on July 8, Biden said the drawdown was 'proceeding in a secure and orderly way' and that it was not inevitable that the Taliban would take over.

At the time he also said he trusted the Afghan military because they were 'more competent in terms of conducting war' than the Taliban and at the same time denied claims the intelligence community expected the Afghan government to collapse.

'I want to make clear that we won't just walk away and not sustain their ability to maintain a force', he added on July 8.

However in last night's ABC interview Biden appeared pleasantly surprised the Taliban were letting the US evacuate Americans from Afghanistan without issue, but said his administration was having 'more difficulty' evacuating Afghanis who helped the US military and now have Taliban targets on their backs.

Biden snapped back at Stephanopoulos when he was questioned about footage of two Afghans falling to their deaths after clinging to the wheels of a US evacuation flight from Kabul on Monday, brushing off the harrowing images because they were 'four days ago, five days ago'.

Car crash interview.