Top Republican on House Armed Services Committee: Trump's vivid statement on Baghdadi 'a little uncomfortable'
Rep. Mac Thornberry expressed unease with President Donald Trump’s graphic description of a U.S. military raid that resulted in the death of so-called Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who Trump said was “whimpering and crying and screaming” before detonating a suicide vest that killed himself and three of his children Saturday.
“It probably makes me a little uncomfortable to hear a president talking that way, but, again, Baghdadi was the inspirational leader for an ISIS network across the world from Africa to Southeast Asia,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “If you can take a little of the glamour off him, if you can make him less inspirational, then there’s a value to that for all of these folks who are on their computers or in these networks looking to attack.
In a cryptic tweet Saturday night, Trump declared, “Something very big has just happened!” revealing in a press conference the following morning that Baghdadi had died. “The thug who tried so hard to intimidate others spent his last moments in utter fear, in total panic and dread, terrified of the American forces bearing down on him,” Trump said, adding that Baghdadi “died like a dog” and “like a coward.”
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