After announcing the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Trump took questions from journalists — and made a major false claim about his past statements on Osama bin Laden
Trump claimed he had been prescient about the danger posed by bin Laden, having called for the death of the al Qaeda leader in a"very successful" book he published in the year before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.Trump said that he knew the threat from bin Laden at a time when"nobody" had"ever heard of" bin Laden."About a year -- you'll have to check it, a year, year and a half before the World Trade Center came down, the book came out.
Here's the one mention of bin Laden in Trump's book:"Instead of one looming crisis hanging over us, we face a bewildering series of smaller crises, flash points, standoffs, and hot spots. We're not playing the chess game to end all chess games anymore. We're playing tournament chess -- one master against many rivals. One day we're all assured that Iraq is under control, the UN inspectors have done their work, everything's fine, not to worry.
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