President Trump's failure to inform congressional leaders about the Baghdadi raid -- after tipping off Russia -- is already inciting a bitter new turf war between the White House and Capitol Hill | Analysis by stcollinson
Beset by a deepening impeachment storm and fury among Republicans about his Syria withdrawal, Trump broke into America's Sunday morning to announce an unequivocal win for the nation abroad.He relished the demise of ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, playing the role of a ruthless commander-in-chief to silence critics of his impulsive foreign policy leadership."He was a sick and depraved man. And now he's gone. Baghdadi was vicious and violent.
Typically, Trump used his national address Sunday to grind a political ax, notably against former Obama, suggesting Baghdadi's was a more significant target than the leader of Al-Qaeda in a raid deep into Pakistan in 2011."This is the biggest there is. This is the worst ever. Osama bin Laden was very big, but Osama bin Laden became big with the World Trade Center.
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