While some commended him for confronting a situation front on and demonstrating sensitivity, others were less impressed.
As the world saw another double suicide bombing near Kabul airport, which killed 13 US soldiers and 72 Afghans, US President Joe Biden addressed the media, vowing to strike against the culprits. Biden delivered his statement from the White House, paying respect to the dead soldiers and emphasising the need of continuing the evacuation plan from Kabul until US forces are entirely evacuated as scheduled by August 31.
During his news conference, a photograph of the Democratic President with his head bowed down in a solemn expression went viral on social media. While some commended him for confronting a situation front on and demonstrating sensitivity, others were less impressed.
Take a look at how netizens reacted:
for the simple reason he is a man who truly cares for the well being of ALL Americans.
— dede (@drdsokol34)This is not weakness. This is POWER!
A man willing to stand up in front of the ENTIRE WORLD and shed tears for our fallen soldiers pic.twitter.com/RqmSkQkTyR
Don Jr sees weakness. America sees empathy and compassion. I’m 100% with Biden! pic.twitter.com/CJSMqI1qDJ
— Avenger Resister (@AvengerResister)He is EXACTLY the president we need now. pic.twitter.com/BZ6fR2kDP0
— CynBlogger™️ - VAXX & MASK! (@CynBlogger)Did Joe handle this in the most efficient way possible? Probably not, but this has been a 20 year nightmare & no way was it ever going to end clean. I admire the man for making the right choice, despite having to fight terrorism on TWO fronts, there & at home. pic.twitter.com/E0QhDbzmZA
— Mark Haden Frazer (@frazer_haden)Also Read | Here's everything you need to know about ISIS-K which carried Kabul Airport attack
Meanwhile, some people on social media reacted negatively as well.
The collapse of the American Empire. pic.twitter.com/ta3tiyDkGo
— Conor Keogh (@CnrKgh2809)Biden praying that someone will pull the fire alarm so he can leave the room and avoid the question pic.twitter.com/bLbbUHFctY
— michelle teschke (@MichelleTeschke)This is what weakness looks like. pic.twitter.com/a7vqlqYUhU
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr)Also Read | Kabul terror attack toll over 90, Joe Biden vows to hunt down attackers
US President Joe Biden stated that terrorism will not discourage his country and pledged to track out the perpetrators and hold them accountable for the horrific assaults. In response to Thursday's horrific incident, Biden stated that despite the tremendous threats, the US had evacuated over 100,000 individuals from Afghanistan in the previous several days."We can and must accomplish our job," Biden declared, adding, "Terrorists will not discourage us. We will carry forward with the evacuation."