Biden says ongoing 'chaos' in Afghanistan was 'priced' into withdrawal decision during ABC interview

President Biden took questions for the first about his administration's turbulent Afghan withdrawal during an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos.

"Back in July, you said a Taliban takeover was highly unlikely. Was the intelligence wrong, or did you downplay it?" Stephanopoulos asked.  "I think there was no consensus," Biden responded. "If you go back and look at the intelligence reports, they said it was more likely sometime by the end of the year." Stephanopoulos grilled the president, pointing out that Biden "didn't put out a timeline" and that he "flat-out said it was highly unlikely that the Taliban would take over." Biden pushed back, suggesting the fall of Afghanistan was only predicated on the 300,000 Afghan troops to "somehow" collapse.