wasn't done that way, and we allowed the taliban to hit the provincial capitals they never cut their ties to al qaeda. i don't know what the secretary is talking about when he says that, you know, we could maybe recognize them as a legitimate government. they have never cut their ties to al qaeda. we are going to go back, jake, to a pre-9/11 state. a breeding ground for terrorism. you know, i hate to say this. i hope we don't have to go back there but it will be a threat to the homeland in a matter of time. >> your fellow republican congressman adam kinzinger tweeted that, quote, between trump and biden they own this. congresswoman liz cheney another republican called it the, quote, trump/biden calamity saying it began with the trump administration negotiating with terrorists. senator ben sass put out a similar statement. does former president trump share the blame for what we are seeing in afghanistan because of the deal he made with the taliban and the fact secretary blinken wasn't wrong when he said the taliban was stronger in