Biden smirks at reporter who asks him tough question on Afghanistan

President Joe Biden has been criticised for smirking at a reporter who asked him what his plans would be if there were still Americans stranded in Afghanistan after the deadline next Tuesday.

The US president was speaking at the White House on cybersecurity when an NBC reporter snuck a question in right before the White House audio feed cut - prompting a smirk from Mr Biden.

The reporter later tweeted what the president said to him.

“I asked President Biden what he will do if Americans are still in Afghanistan after the 8/31 deadline,” he tweeted.

“His response: “You’ll be the first person I call.

“Took no questions.”

The response prompted social media users to criticise the president.

“Pay attention to that smirk,” one user wrote.

“Tells you everything you need to know about how he feels regarding Americans and our men in uniform.”

It comes just two days after Joe Biden was ridiculed for laughing at a reporter’s question about Americans disagreeing with him over his decision to remove US troops from war-torn Afghanistan.

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