Donald Trump described watching the raid against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death "as though you were watching a movie."
The White House released photos they said show President Donald Trump watching the U.S. raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi unfold. Trump announced the U.S. operation on Sunday morning.
Trump described al-Baghdadi running in the tunnel,"whimpering and crying and screaming all the way." The president said that al-Baghdadi"died like a dog." Twitter users compared the White House photos to those taken during the operation that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, ordered by former President Barack Obama.
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