NEW: Dog involved in ISIS raid in Syria 'has been returned to duty,' Pentagon says. The dog is a four-year veteran who has participated in about 50 combat missions, and was injured by exposed electrical cables.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted a fake image showing him putting a medal with a paw print around the neck of a dog used by U.S. special operations forces in the raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria.
The president shared the altered image, which The Daily Wire tweeted the day before, after first revealing a declassified photo of the Belgian Malinois on Monday. Trump on Sunday called the dog, which was injured in the weekend raid that killed al-Baghdadi,"a beautiful dog, a talented dog."Officials have not released the dog's name for security reasons.
Trump tweeted the edited image on Wednesday, a few hours before he was scheduled to place the Medal of Honor around the neck of a Green Beret.
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