Donald Trump Islamic State

• Reality check: Trump distorts facts on Iran payout, Islamic State’s continuing threat

  A look at some of the president’s claims in his remarks on Iran’s missile strike on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.

  Politics

  Jan 8, 2020
  
• Trump’s tweets push back against intelligence reports on IS, North Korea

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed back against threat assessments offered to Congress by the nation's top intelligence officials

  Politics

  Jan 30, 2019
  
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• Fact check: Syrian fighters counter Donald Trump’s claim that Islamic State is ‘defeated’

  U.S. President Donald Trump is declaring victory over the Islamic State group in Syria, but the militants remain a deadly force, and U.S. partners warn a premature U.S. withdrawal will allow them to storm back.

  World

  Dec 20, 2018
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• Donald Trump says end of Islamic State ‘is in sight’

  Donald Trump says the end of the Islamic State "is in sight" after the militant group was driven out of Raqqa, its self-declared capital in Syria.

  Politics

  Oct 21, 2017
• Donald Trump accuses media of not reporting attacks by Islamist militants

  President Donald Trump accused the news media of ignoring attacks by Islamist militants in Europe, without giving specific examples.

  Politics

  Feb 6, 2017
• Trump administration to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam

  The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters. The program, “Countering Violent Extremism,” or CVE, would be changed to “Countering Islamic Extremism” or “Countering Radical Islamic Extremism,” the sources...

  Politics

  Feb 1, 2017
• Donald Trump: US military will avoid interventions, focus on defeating ISIS

  Donald Trump laid out a U.S. military policy on Tuesday that would avoid interventions in foreign conflicts and instead focus heavily on defeating the Islamic State militancy.

  Politics

  Dec 6, 2016
• Donald Trump now claims he will work with NATO to defeat ISIS

  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday he would work closely with NATO allies to defeat Islamic State militants if he won the election in November.

  Politics

  Aug 15, 2016