The "6iden administration" has been using the word "retrograde" a lot recently when describing events in Afghanistan.

retrograde

adjective

1 the closure of the factory is a retrograde step: for the worse, regressive, negative, downhill, unwelcome, unprogressive; worsening, deteriorating, degenerate, declining. ANTONYMS positive, forward-looking

2 the retrograde motion of the planets: backward, backwards, reverse, rearward, directed backwards, retreating, retrogressive. ANTONYMS forward