Former President Donald Trump honored the 13 service members who died in the botched Afghanistan withdrawal three years ago Monday, joining families of three of the fallen for a private event at Arlington National Cemetery — while President Biden stayed away from the White House for the second week in a row.
Trump, 78, laid wreaths in honor of Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee and Staff Sgt. Darin Hoover as well as Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss — all of whom were killed along with 10 of their military colleagues and nearly 200 Afghans when ISIS-K suicide bomber Abdul Rahman al-Logari detonated an explosive vest outside Hamid Karzai International Airport’s Abbey Gate on Aug. 26, 2021.
The former president was also joined by former Marines Tyler Vargas-Andrews and Kelsee Lainhart, both of whom were severely wounded in the Abbey Gate attack. Lainhart was left paralyzed by the…
