Aug. 27, 2021: The worst day of your presidency
When Kabul fell to the Taliban several days ago, rocking President Joe Biden's pullout operation, the White House made a strategic choice: They doubled down, didn\u2019t apologize and crossed their fingers that the nation would move on quickly.\nNow, 13 U.S. service members are dead following a pair of suicide bombs \u2014 the first U.S. troops to be killed in Afghanistan in 18 months \u2014 as are 95 Afghans. The attack, carried out by ISIS-K, is the deadliest assault on U.S. troops in the country in a decade.\nRaghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio.\xa0Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.