Axios reporter Alex Thompson told a CNN panel on Thursday that President Joe Biden’s approval ratings have “never, ever recovered” from the August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan because of a “self-inflicted error.” Biden’s handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, which saw 13 servicemembers killed in a bombing as American forces were evacuating from Kabul, has received heavy criticism due to its haphazard nature and failure to secure the region. Thompson said that voters’ perceptions of Biden have still yet to recover from the botched withdrawal and its fallout, and the president’s comme…
