On Friday's broadcast of HBO's "Real Time," former MSNBC host Chris Matthews stated that 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump's criticism of President Joe Biden during Thursday's presidential debate that Biden didn't fire anyone after the Afghanistan withdrawal was "really smart" and that Biden's reluctance to fire people is "a problem" because being willing to fire people can help get you credibility like it did for President Ronald Reagan with the air traffic controllers. Matthews further stated, "I don't understand, why weren't the generals bounced after that disastrous retreat from Afghanistan? Nothing."