In the absence of a functioning president, Sullivan took to the podium to answer questions about the Afghan rape jihad. Sullivan blamed Americans left behind for not leaving sooner. Until a few days earlier the [[Biden regime]] insisted that Kabul was safe, wouldn’t fall, and that the Afghan government was capable of repelling the Taliban.<ref>https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/08/17/biden-bro-jake-sullivans-afghanistan-presser-was-an-unmitigated-disaster-n428244</ref>