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“On whether withdrawal from Afghanistan would be chaotic”
Joe Biden President. Claim dated 18 Aug 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFull Flop

What PolitiFact found

Biden said in July that a takeover by the Taliban was not inevitable. After withdrawal, Biden said on ABC, “The idea that somehow there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don't know how that happens.”

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In short

Joe Biden (President) made this claim around 18 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 August 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Full Flop”.

Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.

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