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AWFUL: Jake Tapper Uses the Fall of Kabul to Hit Trump, Hegseth on Iran

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AWFUL: Jake Tapper Uses the Fall of Kabul to Hit Trump, Hegseth on Iran Today’s terrible end-of-show editorial by Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union is a desecration of the memory of the Fall of Kabul at the expense of The Current Thing. Tapper took duct tape and baling wire and tied the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan to the ongoing operation in Iran and the current narrative over conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Watch the editorial as aired to close out CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, August 16th, 2026: WATCH: Today’s terrible end-of-show editorial by Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union is a desecration of the memory of the Fall of Kabul at the expense of The Current Thing. JAKE TAPPER: It was five years ago this weekend that Kabul and Afghanistan fell to the Taliban,… pic.twitter.com/7BW3VC2gSE — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) August 16, 2026 JAKE TAPPER: It was five years ago this weekend that Kabul and Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, bringing a disastrous end t

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