'There is clearly no plan' to evacuate US citizens, allies after troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: Sen. Ben Sasse

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., appeared on ABC's "This Week" with co-anchor Martha Raddatz.

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., accused President Joe Biden and his administration for using "happy talk" to paint a rosier picture of Afghanistan evacuations as the Aug. 31 U.S. troop withdrawal looms. "There is clearly no plan. There has been no plan. Their plan has basically been happy talk," Sasse told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. In an earlier interview with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Raddatz pressed the secretary about the United States' ability to get the remaining U.S. citizens and Afghan allies out of the country once all U.S. troops where out of Afghanistan. Blinken pointed to private and public assurances from Taliban leadership to allow free travel after America's departure to anyone who wishes to leave the country, which prompted Sasse to call the interview "disgusting" and he said the thinking that the U.S. should trust the Taliban is "stupid."