A resident of the US state of North Carolina painted billboards, ridiculing US President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. It is reported by The New York Post.
Two satirical images adorn the electronic displays in the city of Wilmington. On one of them, the US leader licking ice cream, looking at a military helicopter, leaving the US embassy in Kabul. On the other Biden carefully looks through the bars of window shutters.
Donald Tedder (Donald Tedder), owner of Tedder Billboards, advertising company posting work of an anonymous artist, said that the man was disappointed with the US policy. The customer originally wanted to place their pictures in the paper, but he thought that the billboards would have a greater audience reach. “I think it worked out better than we expected,” – said Tedder
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According to him, the artist hopes that people who have seen the billboards, “will begin to wonder what makes a country and what they are doing to make this country better.” Tedder said that his company has already received positive feedback from the Americans, rated the work.
At the beginning of May 2021 United States and NATO began the final withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. July 8, Biden said that the US army will leave Afghan territory until 31 August. This was the reason for the rapid onset of the movement of insurgents “Taliban” (banned in Russia), which are already on August 15 entered Kabul and announced full control over Afghanistan.