False claims about his own past
Biden made multiple claims about his own past that were simply untrue. It was the kind of falsehood that’s easy-to-comprehend, and hard to defend, which is more serious than his false claims about complex policy issues or even obscure stats, which supporters might have turned an eye to.
But no, the kind of lies he said was simply the best ammunition for all his opponents that want to portray him as simply deceptive. Biden has one thing in common with Trump: his unique tall tales about his past want to be peripheral to the message he’s sending.
To be more specific, he preferred hurting his own reputation for the little gain that was at stake. Remember when he was talking with technical college students standing near a truck, claiming: “I used to drive a tractor-trailer”, later mentioning that it was only for “a part of the summer.”
It was very similar to something he said at a Mack Trucks facility when he declared that he “used to drive an 18-wheeler, man.” There is no proof of Biden ever driving a big truck, even if the White House explained that he was once a school bus driver (still, very different).
False claims about Afghanistan
Biden received a ton of negative feedback from his chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. He also made a ton of false claims as he wanted to defend the way he handled things. However, it only undermined, even more, his authority on the issue, something that he was struggling with already.
When he decided the withdrawal of the US troops, he declared: “What interest do we have in Afghanistan at this point, given that al Qaeda is gone?” Well, as a Pentagon spokesman explained, Al Qaeda might have been degraded in Afghanistan, but most definitely it wasn’t GONE.
Even more, Biden kept on defending the US withdrawal, by claiming that the concept of nation-building in Afghanistan “never made any sense to him”. Isn’t it curious, since he’s THE ONE who EXPLICITLY advocated for building a nation in the early years of the war?
