he was asked about that, said it is not an issue of trust, it is mutual self interest, that they share goals, the adversary of the taliban and u.s. is isis now, but that has raised a lot of questions and a lot of criticism from lawmakers, including some democrats, senator menendez, chair of the senate foreign relations committee saying among other things the u.s. cannot trust the taliban with american security, chris. >> peter, clearly this is a pivotal moment in biden's young presidency at a time his approval numbers were already dropping. we have to talk about the politics of this. is there a sense in spite of this horrific tragedy that ultimately the american people will rally behind him, that yesterday will be seen more as affirmation of why we needed to get out, it will be seen as a chaotic, poorly planned evacuation. >> it is clear the calculation from the white house all along had been the majority of americans believed the u.s.